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shall  contain  the  symbol  —•►(meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

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plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  netteti  de  l'exemplaire  filmd,  et  en 
conformity  aver  Ie3  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

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papier  est  imprimis  sont  fllmds  en  commenpant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'iiiustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmds  en  commenpant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  urie  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'iiiustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
dernldre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbols  — *►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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filmis  d  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  cliche,  il  est  film6  d  partir 
de  I'angle  supdrieur  gauche,  de  gauche  i  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  ndcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m6thode. 


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OCEAN   TELEGRAPHY: 


THE     TWENTY- FIFTH     AXNIVEKSAUY 


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Tin:  ORCtANIZATlON  OF 


THE     FIRST    COMPANY 


KVKK    KUIIMKI)    TO    LAY 


AN  0(^EAN  CABLE. 


NEW    YOllK:    MARCH    10,    1879 


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ruMl'I'n    ••'"•!    rHIVATK    tlKCtLATlON    (1NI,Y. 


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K^W^                    ■  MUm.iW'ifli.iiii,  J, 

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I   ..     ii^^ 

An  .x'ciisioii  so  full  of  iiitcrost  as  that  wliich  commpnioratcd  the 
birth  of  Ocoaii  Telegraphy,  ami  whicii  revived  so  many  reiiiinis- 
conces  of  its  early  history,  deserves  some  record  or  memorial  liy 
whieh  its  assoeiati«Mis  may  he  preserved.  In  accordance  with  this 
sugjiestion  and  re(iiiest  from  many  tiwarters,  the  following  has  heeti 
prepared  chielly  from  the  reports  N\hich  appeared  in  the  pajiers  of 
tlu'  citv   of    New   Voi'k. 


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TiMM  flies  so  fast,  (hi ttm<;- us  away  from  ••voat  events; 
nnd  eliai.ovs  suceeed  each  other  so  rupuUy,  the  luimeles 
of  yesterday  beeoiuin^-  the  familial'  faets  of  to-day;  that 
we   are  apt   to    foroet  the   oriolu   of  the  new  ereations, 
even  while  en.jo.vii<«-  their  n»a.unitieent  results.     It  is  only 
once   in   a   wlnle,   when    some    anniversary  eomes   round, 
in  the  hours  of  a  birthday  or  a  festival,  that  we  pause 
a  little,  and    look  baek   at   the   past,  and  see   the  long 
distanee   that  has  been    traversed,   even    sinee   we   have 
been  upon  the  xtaj-e.     The  lifetime  of  one  {.eneration  is 
reckoned  at   thirty  years.     It  is  indeed  a  "little  span," 
but  that   span  has  measured  a  cycle    in   the    prooress  of 
the  worhl.     So  sudden  an«l  stupendous  have  the  changes 
been,  that  what  even  the  most  visionary   did   not   dream 
of  has  come  to  pass.     Ft    is   o<,od   for   us  now   and  then 
to  retrace  our  steps;    to   go   back   to   the   beginninos  of 
things  ;    to    "  remember    the    days  o.    darkness,"    which 
were   many;    the   days   of  disaster   and   deteat  ;    and   to 
mark   by  what   "labor  and  toil  and  pain"   the  luial  suc- 
cess was  achieved.     "Other   men   have   labored,  and  we 
are  entered  into  their  labors."     The  knowledge  and  the 
practical  mastery  over  nature,  which  are  our  rich  inheri- 
tance, were  obtained  for  us  by  the  discoveries  of  others, 
wrought  out  in   secret,   after   mau>   di.sappointments  and 
long'^delay.     It  may    teach   us    the    "patience   of  hope," 
to    consider   how    repeated    failures    taught    the   way   of 
success,  and  defeat  ended  in  victory. 


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.,ss,-«j^. ,,_,!, j^,_.  I inijjumij,  ffe^^e^«!^«^K^f,m 


mm^0 


Amoiiu'  tlio  wonderful  iicliicvt'inciits  of  onr  m^o,  pcr- 
liiil)s  iioiio  sti'ikos  the  iiiiii<'Miation  moiv,  iiiid  marks  ji 
jiivjiti'i"  chaiiuc  ill  limiiaii  atlairs,  tliaii  tlu'  discovery  of 
the  seieiiee  and  art  of  Snlmiarine  Tele^rapliy,  uliereby 
linnian  intellijieiiei^  niav  be    Hashed   aeross    the    oeean  in 


an  instant  of  time 


'rh(«rebv  tln^  (h)ininion  of  man  over 


nature  is  iiKh'liniiely  exteiuh'd  ;  tiie  waters  which  eiieirele 
the  hiiid  do  not    form  "a  bound  which  he  cannot  pass," 


for    the    same    swift    airy 


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sseiiiitM'    which    tlies    over 


the  mountains,  dives  under  the  s<'a,  and  man  talks  to 
man  from  distant  shores.  The  Ilrmispheres,  divided  by 
great  oceans,  are  brought  nigh  unto  each  other ;  lar- 
separated  nations  conic  "  witliin  siteaking  distance  "  ;  and 
in  the  possibility  of  easy  communication,  the  world  may 
be  said  to  be  "of  one  language  and  one  speech." 

It  is  indeed  a  marvellous  tale,  and  yet  the  science 
itself  is  of  recent  birth.  It  opened  its  eyes  upon  the 
world  since  we  of  this  generation  opened  ours.  Many 
of  the  inventors  and  discoverers,  who  ma<le  it  possible, 
are   still   living;    and    those    who    tirst    applied    it   on   a 


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ale    t(>    unite   the  Old   World   and    the  New,   are 


our  countrymen.  It  is  well  that  the  beginning  of  such 
an  enterprise  should  be  remembered  before  those  who 
had  a  itart  in  it  have  all  passed  away.  Not  long  since 
The  New  York  ilerald  thus  referre«l  to  this  chapter  of 
recent  history  : 

"  We  are  so  faiiiiliar  witli  tlii'  use  (if  tiie  telegnipli  ;K'ni>s  the 
oeean  that  we  are  apt  to  forget  how  reeeiit  a  thing  it  is,  and  that 
the  originators  of  the  great  enterprise  are  still  aiiiong  us.  It  is 
only  a  quarter  of  a  century  since  the  project  was  tirst  conceived. 


^^is^^i|k '. 


Tlu.  lotl,  ..!•  Nrarclu  isr.4,  is  t1u>  .latc^  <.f  its  l)irtl.,  and  so  of  the 
hirtl,  of  .k-op  sva  telo-raphv.     ( )..  that  .hiy  was  si-ne.l  the  agree- 
ment to  orpuu/e  'The  New  York,  Newfouii.Uand  and  London 
TchMM-aph   ('on.panv'    (if   certain   privile^^es  couhl  he  ohtau.ed 
fronrXewfou.uUancb,  the  ohject  of  whieh  was  stated  i.i  the  very 
first  sentence  of  its  eharter  to  ho    "to  estahlish  a  line  of  tele- 
„,,j,l,i,  ,o„nnunication  hetween  America  an.l  Knrope  hy  way  of 
Newfoun<iland;     The  company  was  formed  in  a  private  in.nse- 
tl,a  of  Mr  (\'rns  W.  Kiehl-and  composed  ..f  hut  five  m.hvul- 
,„1,:   IVtcr  Cooper,  Moses  Tayh,r,  Cyrns  W.   Fiehl,  Marsi.all  O. 
lloherts,   and    Chandk-r    White.     Mr.  Davi.l    Dndiey  FieUl  was 
present  as  the  k-j^al  adviser  of  the  company,  and  went  with  his 
U,.,tlK.r  an.l  Mr.  White  to  St.  John's  to  ohtain  the  charter.     Mr. 
vV^hite  soon  after  died,   and   was  sncceedcd   hy  Mr.  Wdson  U. 
Hunt      These  five  i^entlemen  are  all  still  livin-,  to  s.e  the  great 
results  of  the  experin.ent  then  first  made  to  carry  the  teleo-raph 
,.n.ss  the  ocean.     Snc.dl   attempts  had  heen   .aade  in  Europe  to 
trat,smit  n.essages  under  water-first  across  the  River  Rhine,  hut 
,,ar  ,  ,,;,,  wide,  and  next  acn.ss  the  British  (l.annel.      Ihe  first 
attempt  to  unite  Kngkml  and   France  was  made  in  is.,0.     A  cop- 
,,  ,vire.  rovered  with  gutta  percha,  was  laid  hctwecn  Dover  and 
Calais,  ahont  twentv-one  miles,  hnt  cmimnnication  was  kept  up 
onlv  for  a  vcrv  hrief  period.     The  next  year  it  was  replaced  hy  a 
..,l>ie  of  four  wires,  which  is  still  perfect.     A  few  other  sea  cahles 
,,,,,,  ,,i.,,  Init  onlv  in  shallow  water  and  for  short  distances-tlie 
lou.^est,  that  to  Holland,  heing  hut  KU)  miles,  an.l  in  water  only  a 
few  fathon.s  <leep.     This  American  company  wa.  the  first  to  pro- 
...e  to  span  the  oc.an.     As  soon  as  the  line  ha.l  heen  compk-ted 
to  Ncwfonndland,  Mr.  (\vrns  W.  Field  went  to  London,  and  there, 
in  isr.«;,  organize.!  the  Atlantic  Telegraph  Company. 

..Its  first  atten>pt  was  made  in   ISM,  hut  the  ships  had  sailed 


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hilt  a  little  over  three  hundred  iniles  from  the  coast  of  Trcl.iiid 
when  the  eahle  hroke  and  the  e.\i)t'diti<>n  retiirne(l.  The  next 
year  (1858)  the  attempt  watj  renewed  in  a  ditferent  manner.  The 
Ameriean  and  English  ships-ot'-war,  the  ?>'iai>;ara  and  A<;amemn(»n, 
sailed  for  the  middh'  of  the  Atlanti(,  wliere  they  were  t<»  join 
eahles,  and  sail  east  and  west  to  carry  tlie  two  ends  to  their  re- 
spective shores.  Ihit  hef(»re  tliey  readied  mid-ocean  a  storm 
arose,  and  the  Agamemnon  had  a  narrow  esea))e  from  foundering; 
and  when  at  hust  the  cahio  was  joined,  it  was  hroken  several  times 
in  the  attempt  to  lay  it,  and  the  expedition  returned  to  Kii<,daiid 
almost  in  despair. 

"One  more  effort,  however,  was  made  that  summer,  ami  with 
sueeess.  The  cahle  was  stretched  from  shore  to  shore  and  mes- 
sages j)assed  hetween  Europe  and  Ameriea.  Ihit  eommunication 
continued  only  three  weeks,  nor  was  it  re-estahlished  till  ei«^iit 
years  later  (in  I8<ir)),  after  two  new  cables  had  been  manufac- 
tured (one  of  which,  after  being  paid  <tut  l,'2n(i  miles  in  isi'.."), 
was  l)roken  in  mid-ocean  and  fished  up  tiie  year  after  and  carried 
to  the  shore  of  Newfoundland),  mainly  by  the  exertions  of  the 
same  indefatigable  spirit  which  had  originated  the  project  and 
urged  it  forward  in  spite  of  all  obsracles  for  twelve  years. 

"  Ihit  the  success  of  that  Hrst  Atlantic  telegrai)h  in  1858,  brief 
though  it  was,  had  demonstrated  the  ])ossibiIity  of  crossing  the 
ocean,  and  so  led  the  way  for  all  after  triumphs  in  deep  sea 
telcgrapliy.  It  had  j)roved  that  a  cable  over  two  thousand  miles 
long  could  l)e  laid  in  water  over  two  miles  deep.  Aftei-  that 
nothing  seemed  im])ossil)le.  Cables  were  laid  in  the  ISrediterra- 
nean,  in  the  Red  ISea  and  the  Persian  ('tn\i\  and  thence  acr.»ss 
the  Araltian  Sea  to  India,  and  across  the  Hay  of  I'engal  t(» 
Burmah,  and  down  the  Malayan  Peninsula  to  Penang  and  Singa- 
pore, and  up  the  eastern  coast  of  Asia  to  China,  and  across  to 


*:s. 


■'i-^^^^^-vf^i'!: 


.liiimii,  wliilf  sdiitliwiinl  lini's  wi'Pj  earned  to  Java  luul  across 
tliat  iHlimd  and  the  surrounding,'  seas  to  Australia  and  to  Now 
Zi'aland.  In  tliis  Western  Ileniispliere  cables  were  laid  to  Cuha 
jmd  tlu!  i.ther  West  India  fslands,  and  down  tli«!  coast  of  South 
America  to   Hrazil  and  tlie  Ar^'entine  Con  federation. 

'•Thus,  within  a  quarter  of  a  century,  suhniarine  telej^raphs 
jiave  been  carried  across  almost  all  the  seas  and  oceans  «.t'  the 
oloi)e  le.xccpt  tlic  broad  Pacific,  which  yet  remains  to  be  con- 
qucred),  brill <!:in^'  into  clos(!  communication  all  parts  of  the  civil- 
ized world.  Many  who  bore  an  honorable  part  in  these  great 
achievements  have  passed  away.  Their  memory  is  dierished  by 
their  survivors,  who  Hnd  many  stirring,'  recollections  recalled 
whenever  they  meet  t.)<;ether,  as  they  will  continue  to  do  so 
lun."  as  anv  .>f  those  who  were  actors  in  these  scenes  shall  re- 
main  upon  the  sta«;e." 

In  the  spirit  of  the  a])ove,  in  order  to  celebrate  an  anniversary 
of  so  much  interest  as  the  completion  of  a  quarter  of  a  century 
Inrni  tlu'  si,i,niin<?  of  the  agreemetit  to  orfranize  the  first  (^ompany 
ever  tV  -il  to  lay  an  ocean  cable;  and  to  bring  together  once 
more  his  old  conipanions-in-arms,  and  to  gather  around  them  hl^ 
friends  and  t1u::r  friends  ;  ^^r  Field  issued  invitations  to  a  large 
Pinubcr  of  gentlemen,  to  a  reception  at  his  house  on  the  10th 
of  March.  1S?.».* 

*Thc  cnr.!  uf  invitati.,,,.  of  which  a  fm- simil.'  is  triven.  was  .lesigiuHl  to  rcp- 
,...,.,>t  Snhn.a.ine  'IVlo^raphy,  liukins  toir.,her  with  it.  chain  of  li«ht  the  four 
.,„artcrs  of  the  ivloho.  In  tho  centre  is  a  white  space  of  tlie  size  of  an  orau.ary 
Nisiti,.-  i'a---.l.  on  which  is  cn-ravc.l  the  invitation.  Above  this  is  the  ooat-of-arn,s 
.,f  ,hc"l''icM  family,  which  consists  of  a  shield,  with  a  black  ^ronnd.  parted  by  a 
ch,n:,n  of  >ih  cv.  with  sheaves  of  wheat  in  gold.  The  crest  shows  an  nrn.  en.eruing 
fro,n  a  cloud,  an.l  irraspins  the  world.  This  is  derived  from  an  ancestor  of  the 
family    John  Fiild,  a  distinguished  English  astronomer,  who  lived  two  hundred 


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s 

Ak  it  h:i.l  l.vn  liiH  fortmuN  it.  i>aK«ii»-  to  iin.l  fn.  in  tlu'  hiKt 
.juartiT  c.f  a  .rntury,  on  the  vvvmuU  i.f  u  vitv  l.usv  lit<',  to  U>vux 
a.,  aciuaintuiice  sm-h  as  is  rare  unum^^  private  in.livi.luals-..nc 
not  coi.timMl  to  his  .ANJ.  country— he  toc.k  this  occasion  t..  «,Mve  to 
friends  far  distant  a  t..ken  of  his  retnend.rance.     Invitations  were 
sent  to  a  larj^e  muiuIk'!  of  persons  ahroad,  especiidly  to  those  who 
had  been  connecte.l  with  hin.  in  tch'^'raphic  enterprises  on  land 
or  SCI,  wli..,  tiionjih  they  could  not  he  present  in  answer  to  the 
,,,11,  responde.l   in  the  n...st  cordial   terms.     A   few  of  their  tele- 
jrrains  and   letters  will  he  jriven   .■Isewhere.     Of   the  invitations 
this  side  the  Atlantic,  sonu'  were  sent  t"  friends  almost  as  fur 
..if  as  if  beyond  the  ocean— as  to  those  on  tlie  I'acitic  Coast.     In 
all,  there  were  ei<,diteen  hundre<l  invited  pu'sts  ;    and  with  the 
nianv  unavoi«laMe  absences  and  re},Mvts,  about  one  thousand   re- 


J•c^r^^  aiio.  an.l  wl...  iiitn-dnnMl  tli-  ( '..iHTnica..   astronomy  into   Kimlaiul.     A  nion- 
approi-riatf  .Us-mn  -ouUl  liardly  hv  foun.l  lor  on,,  who  hoH  ut.it.Ml  tlic  lli-inisi.luivs. 
On  (Hu' sid.' -H  an  Aiii.Ti.'un  and  on   thi'  othor  an   Kntclish  fla-    «lu-  stafVs  of  wl.icli 
cross  l)i-!Mnd  the  sl.u'ld.     Tin-  alloirorical  tiirmvs  of  tin;  four  .,uart.rH  of  the  «lol.o 
will  h.'  n'co-,nii'.('d  hy  all  Kniilishnu-n  as  tiik.-n  from  111.-  d.'si-ns  on  xUi'  Allu-rt  Memo- 
rial  Monnninit  in  llyd"    Park,  Lon.lon.      V.m-nyi'  is  sratrd  on  ,i  hull,  tti.'  •■mldetn  of 
slren!,'th,  crowiu'd,  holding'  a  sc-ptrc  in  hrr  ri^'ht  hand,  and  in  lirr  i.'fi  a  mlohr,  sur- 
mounted hy  a  cross,  wliih'  at  her  feet  are  three  symbolic  ti-iires,  one  holdin;;  a  sceptre, 
one  with  an  anchor  and   a  wieath,  and    the   third    in   an   attitude  of  instrietioii. 
America  anpears  as  an    Indian,   with  spenr  and  shield,  seated  on  a  hison.  with  a 
native  warrior  hel.ind,  while  in  front  a  titjure  of  civilization  stretches  out  its  wand 
over  the  new   world.     Asia  reposes  on  a  km  .lin^  elephant,  alt.'iided  hy  Brahmin 
and  l',uddliist  priests;  and  Africa  is  perched  on  the  hump  of  u  camel,  with  Oriental 
tipires  around  her.     A  cahle  winds  around  the  whole  card,  nuikin;,'  n  frame  to  the 
medallions.     On  one  side  is  tlio  date  of  ttie  orii,'in  of  the  Company,  Mardi  10,  \MA  ; 
and  on  the  other,  that   of  the  reception.  March   10,  187U.     At  the  foot  is  the  rei.rc- 
sentation  of  Mr.   Field's  diidnjj;-room,  and   the  six  i;entlemen   who  iru't  therein  to 
launch  the  first  cahle— Cyrus  W.   Field,  I'eter  Cooper,   Moses  Taylor,  Marshall  O. 
Roberts,  Chandler  Wliite,  and  David  Dudley  Field. 


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i^|Miii(l(Mi  ill  |>ci'sun.  S;ii<l  flic  New  ^'«'il<  Times  tin-  next  iimni- 
iii^^;  "Such  II  •listiiii,niisli('(l  ;iss;'iiii>lv  wms  |>r(il>iil»!_v  iicvci- 
Uiitlicrcd  toir<'tlit'i'  ill  oiic  IiMiiM'  on  this  coiitiiiciit."'  IikU'imI 
one  lidiisc  (li<l  not  sutlicc  to  hold  thcnr.  i»nt  the  inljoinii ,,' one, 
of  Mr.  Diidh'V  Kichl.  .Ir..  wiis  thrown  o|.fii  iilso  ;  whih'  in  thr 
rt(!ir  (d"  JM.th  h;id  hfcn  rrcctcd  ii  liir;:;*'  tcniponirv  pavilion,  in 
which    thf  nitcrtiiinnicnt    was  |»i'o\  id('«i. 

'I'hc  drawinii-rooni  was  hiin^i-  with  paint iiii.-'S  >' '  "'   \vhich 

wvvv  (U'lincaHons  «d"  sct-iu's   in   the  dilVcri-nt    tch^iraphic  cxiu'iji 
tions.      On.'  rf|>rcsi'nt»'d    thr    laiidinj-'  of    th.'  cahh'   at   N'ah'iitia, 
Ireland,    in    Isf,:,.      T\u'    <ireat    Kast(  rn   is  standing-   oil"    in    the 
(listanei-,  whih'  a    lon^-   line  of  siilors   in    th"   shallow  wafer  are 
drajfL'iii.H'   the   lieavv  caMe   to   the  shoi;'.      Another  showed    tin- 
arrival   at    Heart's  Content,  Newfonndland,  ..f  th.-  (ireat  Kastern, 
hearinii'    tlie    cidde    of    l^tW'.,    niider    escort    of    the    Alh;in\-    and 
'J'errihle.  and   the    landing'   in    tlie    |.re.-ence  of  a  va>t  and  jovoiis 
nndtitnde.     The  (.tlier   three  depii'teil   scenes   on    hoard    in    inid- 
oeean  ;  ^•rajtplin.i;   for  the   lirokeii    calde,  and   tiirowini;'  np  a  sky- 
loclsct   at   niidni-'-ht    to   tell   the  accoiiii.anyino'  shijts  that   it  was 
found  ;  then    the   -testinii-"    in   the  electricianV  room  on   hoard, 
to  see   if   the   lon,i>'    lo-t   cahle   were   still    -alivt-/'  and.    last,   the 
ivtni-n  <d"  the  (ireat    Ka-tern    from    Newjonndland,  after   landing 
the   recovered  cahle.       In    the  dinin<i'-room,   in   the   n-ar  of   the 
pallor,  where   the  original   company  was  formed,  stood  i!«;.'  tahle 
.)n  which   the  first   eoi.ipact    was    signed,    and    on    it    the   globe 
which   has  hei-n   in    Mr.  FiehTs  lil.rary  for  more   than  a  .piarter 
of  a  century,  and    ii.   turning  over  which  the   idea  <.f  a  telegraph 
across    the    ocean    was   tirst   suggested    to    him.       On    the    wall, 
spanning  the  win.h.ws,  hung  a  flag  wliicli  had  a  historical  .i.terest. 
It  was  neither   Knglish  nor  American,  hut   hoth   in   one,  the  two 
ensh-iis   heini'-   fohled   or   inwrought  together,  and   this   was  the 


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vcMT  flai,'  wiru-h  lia.l  been  borne  in  four  oxiu'ditions  :  whicb 
tioated  (UHT  the  Niagara  when  slie  first  set  sail  iVon.  Irehin.l  in 
1857;  anda-ain  in  isr.s.  when  the  same  shi^  l.n.u.Liit  it  aeross 
the  sea;  whieh  was  raised  over  the  (nvat  Eastern  in  ISCr.,  to 
he  carried  only  to  niid-oe..an.  h.nt  M-hieh  hnn-  there  still,  in  the 
year  foUowino-.  ^vhen  the  a1ten.pt  wa>  at  last  eonipletely  sne- 
"eessful.  In  the  rear  of  the  dinin^M-ooin  was  a  tele,i;rai)h  instrn- 
ment,  at  which,  dnrin-  the  eveninir,  n.essa-es  were  received  from 
ditlerent  parts  of  the  country,  and  from  heyond  the  si'a. 

It  was  a  -reat   pleaMuv  to  Mr.   Field  to  have  with  him  his 
three  hrothers-all  that  are  living-David  Dudley  Field,  Stephen 
J.  Field,  Jud,u-e  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Fnitr.l  Stat.^s.  and 
Rev.  llenrv  ^^I.  Field.     The  special  -nests  of  the  evening-  were  of 
c<mrse  his  four  associates,  Peter  Cooper,  Moses  Taylor,  Marshall 
O.  Eoherts,and  Wilson  (i.  Hunt,  wl...  shared  with  him  in  the  con- 
gratulations of  the  evenin-.     No  la.lies  were  present,  ex.-ept  those 
of  the  family.     Soon  after  nine  ..'clock  the  iruests  hegan  to  arrive, 
and  contiimcd  with  scarce  a  ni..m.>nt"s  intennission  for  two  hours, 
till  hoth  houses  were  densely  crowded.      Seldon.   has  a  c<.mpany 
included  a  greater   variety  of  pci-onages.       Almost  every  name 
suggested  some  enterprise   with    which    it    was   connected,   s..me 
poshion  of  intluence.     An.o,)-  the  fir^t   to  arrive  w.-  the  vener- 
ahleMajor-Cicneral  Josq.h  Patterson  of  Philadelphia,  and   it  was 
a  sight  to  see  grouped   togctlu-r  three  Mid.   di>ti..guishe.i   octoge- 
narians as  (Jen.  Patte.'son.   Pct.r  Coopc.   and    Thn.'low  Weed- 
the  latter  a  great   power  in    Anie.'ica..  politics  ;  one   who,  with....t 
public  station,  holding  no  oilice   an<l   seeking  n.me.  has  been   the 
creator  of  <.thcr  ...en's  political  lo.lmics.     Otlicial  pc.-sonagvs  fol- 
lowed in  great   m..nb...-s.  who,  with  the  naval  a,.d    .nibtai-y  g..ests. 
many  ..f  them  \u  unifo.-n..  made  a  ve.-y  brilliant  scene.     It  is  im- 
possible to  give  a  con.plete  li>t  ..f  tl.o>e   p.vsct.      (  M.c  .-an   o..ly 


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^Mthcr  out  of  the  ivpc^rts  in  the  city  paper.s  of  tlie  next  nionnni* 
a  portion  of  tlio  iiiiines,  ^vllic^l  are  here  arraii,i>-e(l  in  jjjroups,  to 
Bhow  more  i-learly  tlu'  varied  and  representative  character  of  the 
distino;nislied  company.      Among  them  were  the  following: 

William  M.  Kvarts,  Secretary  of  State;    Sir  Edward  Thorn- 
ton,  the    r.ritish    Miiiisler;    Edward   M.   Archibald,   C.  B.,   the 
liritish   Consul-Geiieral ;    Baron  Sclusl<in,  the  Bussian   Minister, 
with  attaches  of  the  Eussian    Legation  ;   'M.  dc   Kartschewsky, 
the  Bussian  Consul-General ;    Captain  Schm  'tkin  of  the  Bussian 
Navy,  aide-ile-cam])    to    the   Grand    Duke    Constantine;    Leon 
Chottcau,  commercial   delegate  from   France;  M.  de  Zamacona, 
the   Mexican    ^Minister ;    Judge   Allen,   :Minister   from    the   Ha- 
waiian Islands;  Hermann  A.   Schumacher,  the  Cierman  Consul- 
General;    Signor  C.   (i.   B.   BalTo,  the   Italian    Consul-General ; 
Salvador   de   '^[endon(•a,   the   Brazilian    Consul-General  ;     Baron 
Thomsen  ;    and    E.    F.   iJavison,   Consul  of  the  Argentine  Con- 
federation. 

Of  the  late  and  ])r(  .cnt  ofFicers  of  the  (ioveniment  there 
were:  Ex-Secretaries  of  the  Treasury  Benjamin  11.  B)ristow  and 
Hu.di  Mc(^nll(.ch;  dudgvs  Benedict  and  Choate.  of  the  United 
States  District  Court;  Edwards  Bierrepont,  Ex-Attorney-Cren- 
ernl  and  late  Minister  to  England;  -lohn  r,igelow,  former  ^Min- 
ister  to  France  and  late  Secretary  of  State  of  Xew  York; 
Georm'  II.  I'.oker.  late  ^Minister  to  Uussia;  Ex-Bostmaster-Gen- 
eral  Marshall  ,lewel!  :  dohn  ICaton,  Connnissioner  of  Education; 
and  William  (i.  Le  Du.-.  Commis>i(.ner  of  Agriculture;  J.  Hub- 
lev  Ashton.  late.  Assistant  Attorney-General  of  the  United 
Stales;  General  ^lerritt.  C<.llector  of  the  P..rt  of  New  York; 
S.  W.  F.urt,  Naval  Otlicer,  and  Pcstmaster  dames;  Ex-CoUector 
Chester  A.  Arthur,  and  A.  P..  C..rnell,  late  Xaval  Officer;  and 
Thomas   II.  Dudley,  late  Consul  at  Liverpool. 


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Of  fcnnci-  and  present   MeiuluTs  cf  ( ".mi-rc^s:  Ser.at..rs  Alli- 
s..n    ..f   T..WM,   aii.l   i'ratt    of   Coniu'ctlcut,    an<l   Kx-Scnators  La- 
fayette S.  Foster  aiunVillian.  II.  Eannnu;  an.l   Representatives 
Kiijal.  Ward.  Clarksuu    N.    Potter,  Ahran.   S.   Hewitt,  Fernando 
Wood.   8.    S.   Cox.    Al.ran.    Wakenian,    \l.    W.  Roosevelt.   Anson 
(;.  .Me('o(.l<.  Henjanun   A.   Willis.  William   Walter   IMielps,   Levi 
P.    Murt.m.   S.   r..   Chittendrn.  and    Arehil.ald   ^l.    151iss;  .1.   W. 
l-Vnlon    of    Rockland   connty,  and    Kllis    IL   Roberts   of    Ftiea  : 
Henry  Watterson   ..f    Kentucky,  and   (ieneral   C  K.   Hooker  of 

Mississii)pi. 

The   Navy  Avas   represented   by    Rear-Adniiral    Worden,  who 
f.u.dit    the    Monitor     a--ainst     the     :\[erriniac  ;     Rear- Admiral 
Trc^ichard.    late     in     c<mnuand    of    the     North      dlantic    s.piad- 
n.n;    Commodore    (JlasH.n,  wh..    c.unmanded    one    of    the    ship, 
in    Perrv-s    Expedition   t..  dapan  :    Paymaster   Joseph    Khlr>'d-r. 
•1,0  was    on    iM.ard    the    Niap.ra  when   the  cable  was  laid;    and 
Lie.utenant>  Wells  L.  Field  and  T.  P..  M.  Ma.on  ;   and  the   Army 
l,y    a   mnnber  .d'    otHcer>   wli..   did    l>rilliant    service   in    the   war, 
thou-h     .ome    of     them     have     ^ince     re>i-ned     to    ..no-auv    in 
otlJ   pur>uit.:     (ienerals     Francis    C.     Parlow,    dames     Powen. 
Daniel    Butterliehl  :    (u-.r-e    W.    Cnllum,  .-f    the    Fnited   States 
En.nneers:     W.    M.     Dnnn,    Jn.l-e    Advorate    (ieneral    of     the 
FnLl    States    Armv  :     Clinton     P..    Fi^k,    ()uin.-y    A.   (iillnn.re, 
Th..n.a>      ilillhoU.e.      Martin      T.      McMalmn.      Horace      Porter. 
Charlo     Koo,    e.     Alexander     Shaler.      Henry      W.    Sjoeun).     P. 
F.   Stoekton.    F-bert    L.   Vi.'lc   and   Stewart    Van    Vleit:     Major 
Francis   Pope,  and   Capt.    W.    !'.    Pobe>on. 

Of  the  State  of  New  York  there  wen-  pri'sent  three  Fx- 
(;overnor>:  Samuel  d.  Tilden,  F.  D.  M.M-an.  and  John  T. 
IlnllhiaiK  with  Lieutenant-Covernor  William  D.u'sheimer.  and 
1,;.     „red.r<.»or,     Stewart     L.   W Itord  :  Chauncey    M.    1  )ei.ew, 


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late  Secretary  of  State  ;  Attoniey-CTeiieral  Soliooinnaker  ;  and 
Seiiatoi's  Rohertson,  lio^a'rs,  Et'clesiiic,  j\lui'|>liy,  St.  -lohn, 
aiul  AVao^stair ;  Chief  Justice  Clinivli  and  .lnd<i:es  Andrews 
and  Rapallo,  and  Kx-.Tud<ies  Conistock  and  Davies,  of  the 
Court  of  A])])i'als  ;  while  other  State-^  were  represented  l)y 
Alexander  II.  Rice,  late  (iuvernor,  and  II.  G.  Knig-ht,  late 
Lieutenant-(nivernor,  of  Massachusetts  ;  K\-(TOvernor  Marcus 
L.  AVanl,  Ilun.  Cortlandt  Parker,  and  Senators  IFohurt  and 
Frederick  A.  l\»tts,  of  New  derst'v  ;  (iovernor  Iloyt  and  Ex- 
Governor  llartranft,  of  Pennsylvania  ;  Kx-Governors  Howard 
of  Phode   Island,  and   I'ldloi-k  of  (ieor^'ia. 

The  City  of  New  ^'(-rk  was  represented,  not  only  hy  its 
ofHcials.  aiuon<4'  whom  were  the  l\Iayor,  Ivlward  Cooi)er ;  and 
Ex-^^ayol•s  (iunther,  Wickhani,  and  Ely;  Andrew  II.  Green, 
the  late  Comptroller;  Jordan  L.  Mott.  President  of  the  Poard 
of  Aldermen;  Smitii  V..  Lane,  Park  Conunissioner,  and  other 
mendn'rs  ol'  the  City  ( loNcrnment ;  hut  hy  hundreds  of  her 
ni(»>t  eminent  citizens — men  distin<i'uished  in  every  profession, 
on  the  r.ciich  and  at  tlii'  liar,  in  the  Pulpit  and  the  Press, 
Literary  men  and  Artists:  with  Uankers,  ]\[erchants,  and  the 
Capita!i>1s.  whose  names  ti^'urc  at  the  head  of  all  our  ^reat 
commercial    enti'rpri>i's. 

.Iudi:-c>:  Chief  -In^tice  Noah  Davis  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
New  ^'ork;  Chief  .ln>tice  William  E.  Cui'tis  of  the  Superior 
Court;  Chief -Ins!  i(H' C.  P.  1  )aly  of  the  Court  of  Comnum  Pleas ; 
with  .ludu'es  and  E.\-.lu(l,<i't'>  I'osworth,  Cowiuii".  Daniels,  Danforth, 
,1.  V.  Daly,  E.  L.  Faiicher.  F.  .1.  Fitliian.  Ih'ury  Hilton,  William 
\'iiii  Iloeseii,  P.  L.  Lai'remore,  Ania>a  J.  Parker,  Charles  A. 
Peahody.  doliii  K.  I'orter.  C.  F.  Sanford,  (iilhert  M.  Speir, 
11.  C.  \;m  F.rnnt.   and    11.  C.  Van  Vorst. 

Lawver.- :  Theodoi\'  \V.  Dwi^'ht.  LL.D.,   Erastus  C.  Benedict, 


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District-Attorney  rhclps,    Joseph   H.   dioate.    Dnniel    1>.   Lur.l, 
AVilliam    Allen    Hutler,  John  E.  llnrrill,  Henry   M.  Alexumlor, 
S  L.  M.  Barlow,   Algernon  S.  Sullivan,   (ieurge  De  Forest  Lonl, 
John  E.AVanl,    Henry  W.  De  Forest,    WaMo   Hut.hlns,    John 
Sherwooa,  Henry  Day,   Charles  E.  Whitehead,   WiUian.  Iraey, 
Louis  DelaiieUl,  Henry  D.  Se.lgwiek,  (i.  F.  Luwrey,  l)w,<,^ht  H. 
Ohnstead  W.d.  SterlinJ,^  Simon  Sterne,  Frederic-k  S.  lalhnadge, 
Cephas  Brainerd,  Bnrton   X.  Harris.n,  U.  S.  (J rant,  Jr.,  Arthur 
G   Sed'nviek,  John  Gaul  of  Hudson,  Arc 

*  Of  Cler-vnien  one  reeo^mized  the  faces  most  familiar  in  the 
pnlpits  oi  New  York  and  F.rooklyn:  Rev.  Drs.  Willian.  Adams, 
Monnm  Dix.   John  Cotton  Snuth,  E.  A.  AVashhurn,    Henry  AV  . 
Bellmvs,   R.  D.  Hitchcock,    Henry  C.  Potter,    Howar<l  Crusl.y, 
Henrv  Ward  Beecher,  Theo.lore  L.  Cuyler,   Xoah  Hunt  Schenck, 
Thomas  (iallandet,  (>.  H.  IFouj^d.ton.  \Villian>  F.  M..rgan,  W.lham 
M.Tavlor,   L.  D.  Bevan,    George  B.  Cheever,   T.  W.  Cha^d.ers 
Philip  Schaif,   W.  (;.  T.  Shedd,   M.  R.  Vincent,    Ruhert   Russell 
Booth.   Thonus  S.  Hastings,  E.  F.  Rogers,  Sau.uel  D.  Burchard. 
V  C   Tiffanv,  Wn>.  J.  Tncker,  W.  W.  Xewell,  Willian.  T.  Faxton, 
E     F.    llatheld,    Stephen    II.  Tyng.   .Ir.,    Charles    A.   Stoddard, 
O     H    T-dTanv,    Samuel    Osgood,    E.    H.   Chapm.     C.   (•   Hall, 
T.W.  Nevin,^  Lyn.an   Ahhott,   J.  D.Wilson,   -I.  U.  l^'vi-,  ^nd 
Father  Fjerring  of  the  Ru>sian  Church. 

Physicians:'  Drs.  Willard  Parker.  William  A.  Ilanunond, 
William  H.  Van  Ihnvn,  Fordyce  Barker,  Alfre.l  Lo<.nr.s.  Jan.es 
Tl  Woo<l,  Edward  L.  Keyes,  Austin  Flint.  C.  R.  ^V^neW, 
\  Jacohi,  W.  B.  Xeftel,  William  F.  Lusk,  Arthur.).  M.  Mumr, 
Elisha  Harris,  Joseph  J.  Hull,  John  C.  Harron,  Everett  Herr.eU, 
Peter  Jav,  J.  Foster  Jenkins,  Frederick  Drake,  S.  1?.  .lone., 
Frank  Lerov  Satterlee,  Edward  I.oring,  II.  Nirhol.  M.  D.  \  an 
Doren,  D.  M.  Stin.son,  Francis  M.  Weld,  II.  C  En<.,  .1.  H.  Fulton, 


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V.  l\[.  Gunnell,  and  William  15.  llnbbanl  ;  Georg-c  .1.  Fislier,  of 
Sin^'Sing;  Tlioiiias  Kirkhridc  and  O.  A.  .ludson,  of  Phila- 
delphia, &v. 

M<Mrhants,  Uankei-s,  A;c'. :  Edward  8.  .laftVay,  B.  G.  Arnold, 
Lh>yd  As])inwall,  Elliot  C.  Cowdin,  J.  M.  Constahlo,  William 
Libbey;  Samnol  I),  Babcock,  rrcsident  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce; -lohn  A.Stewart,  Henry  F.  Vail,  Henry  F.  Spaulding, 
George  Cabot  Ward.  Knssell  Sage,  John  T.  Agnew,  Percy  K. 
Pyne,  Joseph  Seligman,  Jesse  Seligman,  J.  Pierpont  Morgan, 
Charles  Lanier,  D.  S.  Kgleston,  ][.  ('.  Fahnestock,  George  V. 
P.aker,  Morris  K.  Jesu]),  .l.«hn  W.  Ellis,  (ieorge  P.liss,  David 
Dows,  Josiah  M.  Fiske,  John  Taylor  Johnston,  A.  8.  Hatch, 
Robert  L.  Stnart,  Alexander  Stuart,  Solon  Humphreys,  E.  P. 
Fabbri,  J.  H.  Wright.  Samuel  Ward,  Xorman  White,  William 
E.  Dodge,  Jr..  D.  Willis  James,  James  MeCreery,  John  H. 
Hall.  A.  S.  IJarnes,  Henry  Ivison,  Salem  H.  Wales,  Daniel  F. 
A|>pleton,  Jackson  S.  Schultz,  Isaac  H..  Bailey,  H.  (i.  Marquand, 
Julius  Wadsworth,  Chandler  Eobl)ins,  John  J.  Cisco,  Jay  Cooke, 
Andrew  V.  Stout,  Robert  H.  ]\rcCiirdy,  Edmund  H.  Miller, 
Anson  P.  Stokes,  Henry  M.  Taber,  William  H.  Webb,  J.  B. 
Cob'-ate.  Charles  P..  llotfman,  W.  P.  Dinsmore,  Eichard  A. 
McCunly,  W.  II.  Peers,  Charles  F.  Livermore,  Benjamin  B. 
Sherman;  Praytoii  Ives,  President  of  the  Stock  Exchange; 
T.  P.  M\isgrave,  William  II.  Fogg.  (Jeorge  W,  Lane,  Lawrence 
Turnure.  (iordon  W.  Ihirnham,  Smith  ("lift,  William  IL  Taggard, 
Parker  Handy.  Augustus  Sehell,  J.  Hasbrouck,  Charles  L.  Titiany, 
Colonel  Bayard  Clarke,  Robert  Stuyvesant,  Edward  Clark, 
Thomas  C.  Acton,  Col.  J.  W.  Adams,  Milton  Courtright, 
II.  R.  ISishop,  P.enjamin  Prewster,  William  J.  ^SfcAlpine, 
Col.  AN  ;, :,  in  P.orden,  A.  L).  Jnilliard,  Francis  Cottenet,  Eugene 
Killv,    W.   M.   Ilalsted,  Charles    II.  Russell,    Harrison   Durkee, 


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,1„.(.phW.  DivM'l,  ('.  II.<;.Hlf.v,v.  Arthur  I A.irv;  K.  S.  Wit.st.M., 
()  11  Paln.or,  Alfiv.l  \\M  -I.  W-  V\ur\u,t.  (h-ui-v  Op.lvkr. 
Fmlrrirk  11.  Co-itt,  Isaac  N.  Pln^li^s,  K.  A.  Quintanl.  Ko.val 
]>lu'li.s,  .lose  V.  Xavarru,.Ianu's  l^'UNvitk.  llrnrv  (irimull  Rn>sell, 
U  M'sclnHTrlin:  Alrxan.kT  \^y^>^yu.  .1.  W.  CK.n.U'nin,  .lulu. 
l>aton,.l(.natlKn,K.hvanls,l{.("..nu.ll\Vkit....lanu.>II.\VkitHM.us.. 

.,„,,,    TownM.uk    (;c.o,-o   W.   (^n-l.t..n,     A.    D.    k.    Kan.k.lph. 

Geuri^o    Iluvc-n    I'utuanu     K.    A.    Wick.s,     Arthur     Ik    Cravc-s, 

Cleoi-e  Ik  Satterlec,   Du.Ury  J.  (T.ft.  .lanu's  (\  kar-...  ilcMiry  AV  . 

l)^vi.^.t,    Thomas   McWnth,    K.  Ik  Wr.k-y.  aiul   .k-hu    11.    1  Vy  : 

..nrilenrv    K.    l'i.nv|>unt,    .Iimucs   S.   T.    Stranahan.  Srth    kow. 

Walter  T.   Hatch,  and    A.    D.  Naj.icr.  of   I'.rooklyn;    llcury    Ik 

l>ier<ou.   of    Alkauv:   .lauics  A.    IkmU'U,    of   Troy:    dcornv  M. 

l>,,th„l„„.cw,  of     llartfonl;     Walter  Watson,    of    the    k.ank    ot 

Montreal:     Captain    MrMirken  of  thcCunani   kine.  vV.-c..  .Vc. 

The  Colle-es  wore  rejuvM  nted  '^v  Pre^hU■nt  liarnanl  an<l 
Professors  Chan.llcr.  Newkerry.  and  k.-l'->run  of  (uhnnkia: 
Piv>i.lent  A.S.  Wekkof  tk.e  C'oUe-e  of  Xi'W  York;  (■hanrrll..r 
{'rosbvan.l  I'rote>sor  Iknry  Drap-.r  of  the  rniver>ity  ;  I'rofes- 
s<,rs  (ieorire  P.  ki>h.T.  S.  Wells  William.  kk.D..  an.l  O.  ( '. 
Marsh  of  Vale:  ProfesH.r  k.  N.  llorsfonl  of  ( •amhri.l-c  ;  P'vh- 
,lent  Potter  of  knion;  Pr..H.lrnt  Cha-lhourne  and  ex  President 
Hopkins  ..f  Williano:    and    Prohlmt  ko~s  of   Woleyan  Pniver- 

sitv.  Middletown.  i'"UU. 

The  Pres>  was  n-i.re.eutcd  ky  Pokcrt  llur.  the  inventor  nf 
the  famous  "  kij^.tninj^  Pros'":  ky  Kev.  Dr.  Samuel  1.  Prin.e 
and  Kdward  P.i  i-ht  ;  Mosrs.  Chamkerlain  of  the  New  1  ork 
Herald,  Davi.l  M.  St.me  of  the  dournal  of  Commerce.  Whitelaw 
liekl  of  The  Trikune,  N..ah  k.rook^  .d'  The  Times,  William 
Henry  llurlkert  of  The  W..rld.  I'Mwin  k.(o,dkin  of  The  Nation. 
Isaac^  Hender>on,   dr.,  of    Th.^   Kvenin^    Po>t,   W.   T.   (darke   of 


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The  Express,  J.  M.  V>n\u\y  of  The  Mail,  Frank  Leslie  of  The 
lllu.stritted  Newspaper,  .1.  II.  and  Charles  M.  (loodsell  of  The 
(Iraphic,  Oswald  Otteiidorfer  of  The  Staats-Zeitim^  ;  Joel  Cook, 
correspondent  of  The  London  Times;  Geor<5e  W.  ("hilds  of 
The  Lcdircr,  and  Francis  Wells  of  The  Dulletin,  of  Fliiladelphia  ; 
Thomas  T.  Kinney  of  The  Newark  Advertiser;  K.  M.  Fulsifer 
of  The  Jjoston  Herald,  Edward  Kiiii;'  of  The  Journal,  and 
(Jeoi't^o  Ivoherts  of  The  'J'inies  ;  N.  D.  Spciiy  of  The  New  Haven 
Palladium;  Stilson  llutchins  of  The  AV^ishin<fton  I'ost :  Ralph 
]5ayley  of  The  Pittshuri,^  Telegram;  Horace  AVhite,  late  editor 
of  Tlio  diicaiio  Tribune;  Dr.  J.  (i.  Holland  and  Uoswell 
Smith  of  Scrihner's  Monthly  ;  Tliorndike  Rice  of  The  North 
American  Review;  AV'illiam  Fihhcy,  Jr.,  of  The  Princeton  Review, 
II.  J5.  IJarnes  of  The  Inti'rnational ;  and  the  representatives  of 
the  ^reat  pul)lisliin^-  houses,  the  Harpers,  the  Api)letons,  etc. 

Of  the  Artists  were  many  whose  uames  are  familiar  to  all 
lovers  of  trooil  paintinii's,  as  their  works  hani;-  on  the  wails  of  the 
Academy:  Daniel  Huntington,  Eastman  Johnson,  Sanford  11. 
(iitford  and  R,  Swain  (Jitford,  Worthinn-fon  AVhittre(l<ji;e,  J.  F. 
('ropsey,  Louis  ( '.  Tilfany,  dervis  McFntee,  William  11.  Beard. 
H.  \V.  Rohhins,  Th.. mas  Hicks,  Thomas  Le  Clear,  H.  (\  Shumway, 
T.   Addison  Richards,  S:v.,  with  the  sculiitor  ,1.  (}.  A.  Ward. 

AVith  the  cditois  and  artists, one  reco<>-nizeil  others  well  known 
in  our  literary  society,  sucli  as  Prof.  Rotta.  Richard  (Jrant  White 
and  dames  (Jrant  Wilson  ;  Edmund  C.  Stedman  and  Edward  J. 
P>n rli no-am c  ;  l>fn>on  .1.  Lossinu-.  the  Old  Mortality  of  our  Revo- 
lutionary history  ;  (ieu.  Di  Cesuola,  who  spent  years  anu)no-  the 
ruins  of  Cyprus,  ol'  which  he  has  furnished  the  most  authentic 
history;  and  Paul  Du  Chaillu,  wlio  exi)lored  the  forests  (»f  Africa; 
Col.  Tiiomas  W.  Knox,  the  traveller  in  Siberia;  J.  Youno-,  the  ex- 
])lorei'  of  Austr.ilia;    Fred    Law   Olmsted   and   Calvert   \'aux,  to 


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wlu.se  beautiful  dcsiiru  cur  citv  owes  its  j;ivat  Ontral  I'ark.  :ui<l 
Col.  (iooi'irc  K.  Waring;,  who  aided  iu  carrviu^'  out  llie  work; 
Prof,  r.iekuiorc,  of  tlie  Museum  of  Natural  History;  and  others 
conne(ted  with  our  public  institutions  and  charities;  Wdliani 
Wood,  the  President  of  the  I'.oard  of  Edueatic.n  ;  Henry  IJer-jh, 
ITenry  M.  IVllew,  and  Charles  L.  Urace,  the  latter  the  f<.uuder 
of  the  Children's  Aid  Society. 

There  was  a  larue  infusion  of  Railroad  and  Teleirrai>h  men. 
Of  the  former,  Cornelius  Vauderhilt.  Vice-l'resident  of  the  New 
York  Central;  liu^di  .1.  Jewett,  President  of  the  Krlc ;  A.  K. 
Demns,  Vice-President,  and  F.  Wolcott  Jackson.  Sui.erinteiident, 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Central  ;  (;eor<ie  II.  Wat  rows.  President,  and 
William  11.  P.ishop,  late  President,  of  the  New  York.  New  Haven 
and  Hartford;  Sidney  hilh.n.  President  of  the  I'nion  Pacific; 
C.  P.  Iluutinjrton,  Vice-President  (.f  the  Central  Pacific;  Samuel 
Sioar..  Conuno.lurc  C.  K.  (iarrisoii,  W.  P.  Garrison,  cV:c. 

The  Tele«'-rai)h  was  re;)re>ented  hv  llinim  Sil.ley  of  Rochester 
and  .1.  11.  Wade  of  Ck^vcland,  who  were  amoni;'  the    founders  of 
the   <Teat    We>teni    Cnion   Teieii-i'iipl'    Company;   l.y    Dr.  Noivin 
(ireen,    its  Proideiit,    ;iiid   its   five  \'icc-Presidents  ;  (ii'ii.  T.  T. 
Eckert,  PresiiK^nt  of   the    Atlautic  and  Pacific;  (Jeor^re  (i.  Ward. 
Superintendent    of    the    Direct    Cable    Com))any  ;     (leorue    P.. 
Prescott,    author     of    a     History     of     the    Electric     Tele^n'aph  ; 
Colonel  T.  Smith,   tin-   olde>t    tclc.uTaph    operator   in    the    I'liitctl 
States;     Prc>i(lcnt    Andrews,     of    the     American      District     Tel- 
e^n-aph    (^.mi.aiiy:    Mr.     Dakers,    .>f    the     Montreal    TeU'^n-ai.h 
Couii)any,   who   came   from    Canada    to    be    present  ;   and    Moses 
G.  Farmer  of  Newport,  the  inventor  of  the  Electric  Ti.rj.edo. 

With  these  there  were  many  fn.m  other  cities  than  those 
already  named:  From  P...>ton,  Hon.  dosiah  (i.  .\bi»ott,  Samuel 
Kneeland,  EE.D.,  Tlloma^  (i.   Appleton,    Nathan   Aj.pleton,  iVrc. 


1<» 

From  ItiiltiiiKirc,  its  Miiyor,  l-'cnliiiand  Liitrolu',  with  Knocli 
Priitt,  Doc'iiUir  II.  Miller,  mid  Williaiii  McKim  ;  \vliil(^  Wasli- 
iiiijfton,  besides  its  diplcmiatic  and  otlicial  quests,  wan  represented 
1)V  two  of  its  imtst  ciniiieiit  iiicii  of  scieiiee,  I'l-uffssor  Spencer  F. 
Ilaird,  tin-  recently  elected  Secretary  of  tlie  Sndthsonian  Institu- 
tion, as  the  successor  of  the  lainentecj  Henry  ;  and  (ien.  Alhert  J. 
Mvcr  of  the  Siijnal  Service  Ihirean,  whose  calculatiojis  from  oh- 
servatioiis  over  the  whole  continent,  enahle  him  to  anticipiite 
and  ii-ive  warnin;;'  of  the  winds  and  storms  that  are  aj»proachin^'. 
While  Mr.  Field  was  receiviny-  this  array  of  <,niests,  IjIh 
associates  seemed  e(|nally  hapj)y  with  himself  in  the  results  of 
the  ^vva\  enterprise  to  which  tiiey  had  all  contrilmted.  At 
half-past  ten  o'clock  they  took  their  places  in  the  diinn_i;-room, 
where  tlii'  oriiriual  compact  was  formed,  Mr.  Field  heinj;-  sur- 
roimded  hy  his  family,  while  at  Mr.  Cooper's  side  stood  his  son 
Edward,  the  Mayor  of  the  city.     Mr.  Fiehl  then  spoke  as  follows  : 

Ni:i(iiii5()HS  .\Ni)  FiiiKNDS:  T\vtMity-tiv(^  yonrs  iij-o  this 
cveiiinj^-,  in  tills  house,  in  this  room,  iiiid  on  this  table, 
iind  ill  this  very  hour,  was  signed  the  a.uieenient  to 
form  the  New  York,  Xewfoimdland  ^S:  London  Tele- 
oiapli  Company— the  first  Company  ever  formed  to  lay 
an  ocean  cable.  It  was  si«;iied  by  live  persons,  four  of 
^vhom— Peter  Cooper,  Moses  Taylor,  JMarsliall  (),  Roberts, 
and  myself— arc  here  to-ni<;ht.  The  tifth,  Uv.  Chandler 
White,  diet!  two  years  after,  and  his  plaee  was  taken  by 
.Mr.  Wilson  (i.  Hunt,  who  is  also  present.  Of  my  asso- 
ciates, it  is  to  be  said  to  their  honor- as  mijj;ht  have 
been  expi^eted  from  men  of  their  high  position  and 
eharaeter— that  they  stood  by  the  undertaking  manfully 
tor  tw(dve  long  years,    through  diseouragements  such  as 


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hoImmIv  Unows  liiil    HkmiiscIvcs.     'VUosv  who   nppliiiul  our 
siUM'oss,   kM'.»M    lilth'   tliron^li   what    strnji-ulcs   it   was  ol»- 
taiiuMl.     OiuMlisappointnuMit  foHowcd  auothci',  (ill  "  liopo 
(U'fV'ncd  made  the  heart  sirU."     We  had  little  ludp  IVoiii 
ouiside,    for   few   had   any  faith    in   our  i-nterprise.     l?ut 
not  a  man  deserted  the  ship;  all  stood  Ity  it  to  the  end. 
My  brother   Dudley  is  also   here,    who  as  the  eonns«'l  of 
the  Company,  was  pr«'s»'nt  at    the  si,unin<;-  of  the  apce- 
ment,   and   went  with    Mr.    White   and    myself  the   week 
after  to  Xewfonndland,  to  obtain    the   eharter,    and  was 
onr  le^al   adviser   tlironji;h    those    anxions    and    troubled 
years,    when     sne«'ess     seemed     very    donbtfnl.     At     St. 
John's,  the  lirst  man  to   i-ive  us  a  hearty  welcome,  and 
who  aided  ns  in  obtaining-  onr   eharter,   was  Mr.   lOdward 
M.    Arehibald,    then    lMim»"     Minister    of    Newfoundland, 
and  now  for  nn>re  than  twenty  years  the  honored  repre- 
sentative  of    Her    Majesty's    <;overnmer,t    at     this   port, 
who  is  also   here    to-ni<;ht.     it    is   a    matter   for  .i-ratefid 
aeknowled,i;inent  that  we  werr  spared  to  see  a«'('omplished 
the  work    that    we   benan  :    and    that    we   can  meet  now, 
at  the  end  of  a  (piarler  of  a  century,  to   lo'.ik   with  w«mi- 
der  at    what    has   been    wrou,i>lit    since   in    other    parts  of 

the  world. 

Our  little  Company  came  into  existence  oidy  a  few 
weeks  before  tlie  Western  Inion  Ttde,i;rapli  <'ompaiiy, 
which  is  entitled  to  share  in  our  con<;ratulations  ;  iind 
has  kindly  brought  a  c<nniectin.i;-  wire  into  this  room,  by 
which  we  <'au  this  evenini*'  comminiicate  with  every  town 
and  villam'  from  the  Athmtie  to  the  Pacitic  ;  and  by 
our  sea  cables,  with  FiUrope,  Asia,  Africa,  Australia, 
New  Zealand,   the    West    Indies,   and  South   America. 


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While  our  siiuill  circle  lins  been  ln'oketi  by  dentil  but 
oiKM',  very  (lilfereiit  li.is  it  been  with  the  Allaiitii*  Tele- 
jUriil»h  Coininiiiy,  which  was  loiiMed  in  liomlon  in  1S')<I, 
to  extendi  one  line  iicrnss  the  <»cean.  At  its  be<4iiniin,n', 
there  \v«'re  eighteen  lOniiiish  and  twelve  AiiuM'ican  di- 
rectors, thirty  in  ail,  of  whom  twjMity-nine  have  either 
died,  or  retircil  IVoni  the  l>oard.  I  alon<^  still  remain 
(Mie  of  the    Directors. 

IMany  of  the  ^-reat  men  of  science  on  both  sides  of 
the  Atlantic,  who  inspired  ns  by  their  knowledge  and 
their  enthnsiasin,  iiav(!  passed  away.  SVe  have  lost 
liache,  whose  Coast  Snrvey  mapped  «,nt  the  Wiiole  line 
of  the  American  shores;  and  ^Faniy,  who  lirst  tan<'lit  ns 
to  find  a  i»atli  thron^h  the  depths  of  the  seas;  and  fer- 
ryman, who  sonnded  across  the  Atlantic;  and  Morse; 
and  last,  bnt  not  least,  Henry.  Across  the  water  we 
nnss  sonu'  who  did  as  mnch  as  any  men  in  their  vener- 
ation to  make  the  nanu'  of  England  "Teat— Fara<lay  an<l 
W'heatston*',  Stephenson  -  and  lirnnel— all  oi  whom  gave 
ns  freely  of  their  invaluable  connsel,  refnsini;'  all  com- 
pensation, because  of  the  interest  which  they  felt   in  the 

•Tlic  ulliHioii  licic  iiiiidi'  111  till'  i;n'it  cimiiicur,  IIhIxtI  Sti'iiliciwoii,  ciIIihI 
i'oith  II  Icttrr  iVdiii  ii  ^ihtlciiaii  of  New  York  to  wliiisi-  rnllicr  Mr.  Sti'i(ln'iiM)n 
wrote  Aim-ii-i  •!:>,  ls.">7,  just  iit'tiT  the  t'niliiic  of  tin'  lirst  cxin'ilitioii.  Tlic  piissniri' 
is  iIlt(■l•l■still^•  IIS  siiowiii--  liow  iiiiich  tlioimlii.  lliiil  j^ri'iit  man  iiad  i,nv.ii  to  llio 
siilijcft,  iiiid  bow  fiillv  !"'•  ii|i]>ii"  lalf  1  tlic  fiionhous  diHit'iiltio  to  lie  o.i'rcotnt'- - 
ilillieullics  lliroiinli   u|,i,li    he  fniniiiy    coiifi'sscs  "lie  could    not   sim'  his  way": 

" 'I'hc  Atiiintic  CmIiIc  ijui',  .on  js  ;■,  fm'  iikm'i'  diUlcnlt  niattfr  tlniii  tho^i'  who 
hiivc   undcrtMkrn   it    un'  di-p.-cd   to   liclic  '■•.ilijcct    hns  occuiiiod   nnii'h  of 

Miv  tlionn-lds,  and  as   Vft   I    inu-t   c  )nf('-s    .  >■   my   way  ihron^li  it.      Ho- 

fore  tin;  sliijis  li'I't  tins  connfry  witii  tiu-  (  .1...  ,  1  very  imhlicly  j.riMru'tod,  as 
soon  as   tlicy  got    into   di:c|i   watiT,   a  signal  faiinii'.      It   was,  in  fact    Jncviliihlo." 


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solution  ol"  ii   ur«'iit   luohh'iii  ol'  sr'n-iKM    innl  cii^iiu'cinij;- 

skill.      It    is 

>vliiU>   tlic  iNvo   novriniiu 


pioiid    satist'iictiou    to    iciiu'mlM'r,     tint 
iits  ai«l«'(l   us  so  jn<MH'rousl\  with 


tlu'ir  ships,  MiJikin;;  survr>s  of  the  orr.ni,  mmiI  even  nir- 
ryiim  «»ur  cahh'  in  tlir  Ihst  («\p<'ilitious,  such  men  as 
thi'sr  oavc  their  support  to  an  cutciprisc  whirh  was  t«» 
uuitc  the  two  rouutiics,  aud  in  the  ruti  to  luiu«  the 
^^hoh'  worhl   toiictlu'i. 

Others   there   are,    aiuou;;-    tlu'    li*  iui;    and    the   dead, 
to  AvhoMi    we   are    under    ureat    ohli<iations.      Hut    I    «'an- 
u't    repeat    the    h)!);-'   roll    of    illustrituis    names.     Vet     I 
must    pay  a   passing-  trihute    to  one   who   was  my  friend, 
as  he  was  the   steadfast    frii'ud   ol    my  country,   h'ii'hard 
('(►hden.     lie  was  <ute  of  the  lirst    to  look    forward  with 
the  eye    of   failh    t(»    what    has  slue*-    <MMne    to    pass.     As 
lono-  a.iio  as   isr.l  he  lia«l  a   s.ut   (»f  prophet's  dream  that 
the'^oe.'aji    mi.uht    y»'t     he    crossed,    and    advised    IMinee 
Alhert    to  devote  tiie    prolits   of  the   (ireat    Lond«»n    Kx- 
liihition  »d'  that    year  to   an    attempt   thus  to  unite  Falk- 
land   with    America.     Il<'   did    not    live  to  .see  his  dream 

fullilled. 

V.ut  thouuh  men  die.  their  works,  their  discoveries. 
.,ud  their  inventions,  live.  From  that  small  l.e.uim.in.u 
u;i(h'r  this  roof,  arose  an  art  till  then  scarcely  knoNsn, 
that  of  ti'le-raphin^  throu-h  tlie  depths  o»'  the  sea. 
Twenty-tive  years  a,uo  there  was  not  an  ■  <'.»u  eai»h^  in 
the  world.  A  few  short  lines  had  heen  laiil  across  the 
Cha!inel  from  Ihi^ihuul  to  the  Continent,  hut  all  were 
i„  s!.ilh>w  water.  Fven  M-ience  hardly  dared  to  c(Mi- 
roiv.  '  the  possibility  of  sen«iin,u  human  intelligence 
thr,.   J    'he  abysses  of  th<'  ocean.     Bnt  when  we  struck 


m)- 


<ml  to  cross  tlir  Athintic,  we  luul  to  lay  i\  vwhUt  over 
two  tlioiisaiid  inih's  loiiy-  in  \vat<'i'  ovt'i'  two  miles  (Iccp. 
'IMial  jiicat  Mi'H'css  ^a\(i  an  iniuirnso  Inipulst;  to  Subma- 
rine Telcurapliy,  IImmi  in  its  infancy,  but  wliicli  lias 
since  grown  till  it  has  stietcln'd  out  its  lin;;ers  tip|»<''l 
witii  lire  into  all  the  waters  of  tlie  j;lobe.  "Its  lines 
have  ji'ont;  into  all  the  earth,  and  its  words  to  the  endK 
of  the  world."  T(» d;  y  there  are  over  seventy-thou- 
sainl  miles  of  cable,  crossinj;'  the  seas  an<l  the  oceans. 
And  as  if  it  wer<!  not  enough  to  have  nu'ssajtics  sent 
with  th«'  speed  of  li,i>litnin;;',  they  must  be  sent  in  cppo- 
site  directions  at  the  sann;  moment.  I  have  Just  re- 
ceived a  tele<;ram  from  Valentia,  Ireland,  which  vea«ls 
''This  anidversary  witnesses  duplex  working'  across  the 
xVtIantic  as  an  accomplished  fact  "—by  which  the  capa- 
city (d"  all   our  ocean  cables  is  (huibled. 

Who  can  nn-asiu'c  the  ettect  of  this  swift  inteHigence 
passing  to  an<l  fro  V  Already  it  regulates  the  markets 
of  the  world,  lint  better  still  is  the  m'w  relation  into 
vhich  it  brings  the  ditfere!it  kindreds  (»f  mankind.  Na- 
tions are  made  enemies  by  their  ignorance  of  each  other. 
A  better  ac(piaintan«'e  leads  to  a  lu^tter  understanding; 
the  senses  of  nearness,  the  relation  of  neighborhood, 
awaki'us  the  feeling  of  brotherhood.  Is  it  not  a  sign 
that  a  better  age  is  condng,  when  along  the  ocean-beds 
strewn  with  the  wrecks  of  war,  now  glide  the  messages 
of  i»eaceV 

One  thing  only  renmins  which  I  still  hope  to  be 
spared  to  see,  and  in  which  to  take  a  part,  the  laying 
(d*  a  cable  trom  San  Francisco  to  the  Sandwich  Islands 
—for  which  J  haves  re<M'ive<l  this  very  day  a  concession 


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from  Kiii<;'  Kalakiiun,  by  his  ]Minister,  who  is  lierc  to- 
iii<;ht— and  tVoiu  tliencc  to  Japan,  h\  which  the  ishmd 
groups  of  the  Pacilic  may  be  l)i'ou<iht  into  <'omminii('a- 
tiou  with  the  eoiitinents  on  either  side — Asia  and  A'neiiea 
— tlins  eom|)letin^'  tlie  cirenit  of  the  globe."' 

Bnt  life  is  i)assiny,  and  ])erhaps  that  is  to  be  left  ♦^o 
other  hands.  jMany  of  onr  ohl  companions  have  fallen, 
and  we  mnst  soon  give  place  to  onr  snccessors.  l>;it 
thongh  we  shall  pass  away,  it  is  a  satisfaction  to  have 
been  abk;  to  do  something  that  shall  remain  when  we 
are  gone.  If  in  what  I  have  done  to  advance  this  en- 
terprise, I  have  done  sometliing  for  the  honor  of  my 
conntry  and  the  good  of  the  world,  I  am  devoutly  grati'- 
fnl  to  my  Creator.  This  has  been  the  great  and)ition 
of  my  life,  and  is  the  chief  inheritance  which  I  leave  to 
my  children. 

Mr.  Field's  address  was  receixi'ij  with  tln'  heartiest  aj)- 
plaiise.  At  the  eh>so  he  tiinieil  tn  his  Iindher,  Mr.  David 
Dudley  Field,  who,  as  the  eounsi'l  and  adxisei'  ;it"  the  Coin- 
paiiy   through    all    these  years,  had    had  occa.-ioii   to  speak   tor  it 

'  it  is  I'uur  yujii's  siiico  tin'  K'niu'  inml'  \>\<  \\A\  to  tliis  i'i)iiiiti'\ ,  When  in 
New  N'lri'ji  lie  callcil  (in  Mr.  I'l'ld.  witii  sr\  iTal  im'niiiiTS  ot'  liis  ('aliiiii't,  and 
in  the  \ii'y  runin  wlici'c  llic  Nrwl'dnndlanil  < 'n'lijiany  was  t'ornii'd,  and  sittiiii;- 
ai'iiund  tlic  vi'i'v  taMi'  (/n  wliicli  tlic  (iri^'inul  au'rcrincnt  was  sij,Mi'd,  utri'i'i'd 
liini  a  ciincc-.-inn  a-  an  indiiniiicnt  to  undiTtakc  the  liiyin^-  of  a  calilc  to  tlii' 
Saudwii.'li  Islands.  'I'iio  fornial  n-iiai'antue  lias  hccii  didavfd  till  now;  Iml  the 
last  week,  .Indue  Allin,  the  Mini-lur  of  tin'  Hawaiian  Islaml-,  int'irnnd  .Mr, 
I'iidd  tlial  111'  liad  rt'ci'ivi'd  I'nll  aiiliiority  to  c'oiii|.!iti'  it.  and  this  rscnini:'  In- 
|ilacrd  the  docniiicnt  in  liis  ha'id-,  •^ci-urin'^'  ti  liiiii  an  i  !iis  as-ociatc-  an  i'\- 
clnsivo  I'iiilit  I'or  t  wcnty-ti\  i'  years  to  land  a  cahlc  on  tiio-c  Islands,  [rovideil 
the   work   is   ljei;uii   in    tive,   an^l   completed    in   ten    \ear.~. 


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iiiaiiy   fillies  ami   in    tiumy  ])la('cs,  and   fcquostc'd   liiiii   to  add  a 
few  remarks.     'Flic  latter  responded  to  tlio  request  as  follows  : 

TiiKN  AND  Xow  juv  tlic  Words  wlii(di  hcst  indiciitc^  the 
(Mirront  of  tlioiinlit  of  one  who  wiis  an  jictoi'  in  tho  tnms- 
jR'tlon  we  are  conuncnioratin^'  and  the  events  which  fol- 
lowed it.  Then,  as  we  have  been  told,  there  was  not  a 
Sid)niavine  T(de,i;iai»h  in  the  world,  exeeptini;'  three  from 
JOnoland  to  the  adjaeent  Continent,  n<Mie  of  which  lay 
more  than  titty  fathoms  oeep  ;  now  there  are  cables  at 
the  bottom  of  every  ocean,  except  the  I'acilic.  Then 
whatever  to(dv  place  in  Ireland,  the  nearest  land,  could 
be  known  to  ns  only  after  ei,<>ht  or  ten  days;  now  we 
read  at  our  breakfast-tables  news  of  what  has  happened 
a  few  hours  befor«'  in  Ireland  and  in  l':n<;land,  in  France 
and  Spain,  in  Constantinople  and  ('airo,  in  Delhi  and 
^lelboiniu'.  When  1  look  at  this  ceilino-  and  these  walls, 
all  uuchan«ied,  and  think  of  the  lirouj),  small  in  number 
butjL^Teat  in  heart,  that  then  gathered  around  this  table, 
and  of  what  tluy  set  on  foot,  I  feel  that  the  achieve- 
ments of  our  (lays  have  surpassed  the  marvels  of  fable 
and  romance.  Peter  (N)oper  has  written  his  name  on 
walls  of  stone  and  iron  ;  Moses  Taylor  has  heaped  up 
"riches  and  hcmor";  Marshall  O.  Roberts  has  ploughed 
cither  ocean  with  his  swift  ships;  and  yet  uothing-  that 
these  men  have  done  has  wrought  half  so  nnudi  for  the 
world,  as  that  which  they  be,i«an  that  niiiht.  The  part 
which  my  brother  took  you  all  know.  Of  the  other  two, 
one,  Mv.  Chandler  White,  my  friend  of  many  years,  fell 
by  the  waysi<le,  lonu  before  the  end  of  the  tedious 
jouriu'y  which  the  otiiers  had  before  them,      Mr.  Wilson 


T 


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2(1 


(i.  Hunt  took  liis  mIju'c,  iind  Joiinieycd  with  tluin  reso- 
lutely to  the  end.  Xo  one  knows  better  tliaii  I  the  ob- 
stacles wliieli  these  ^eiitlemeii  had  to  oven-oine,  the  dis- 
aj)i»oiiitinents  to  sutfer,  the  delays  to  sustain,  the  oblocjuy 
to  withstan<l;  and  no  one  ean  bear  stron<ier  testimony 
tlian  1  ean  to  their  ]);'tlenee,  their  perseverance,  their 
eourai>'e,  and  the  deserved  lionor  of  their  linal  trinnii»li. 
Tlie  tlaii',  American  and  English  wrou<iht  into  one,  which 
lianas  over  these  windows,  is  the  si«;n  ol'  their  constancy 
in  defeat,  as  of  their  victory.  That  united  tla^'  tloated 
at  the  masthead  of  the  Xia<iara  in  the  disastrous  exi)e- 
dition  of  l.sr»7,  and  the  partially  successful  one  of  IS.IS; 
it  was  run  up  auain  at  the  fore  of  the  (Jreat  Eastern,  for 
the  voya<.;-e,  when  she  failed  in  1S(m,  and  was  kei)t  stream- 
inn;  in  the  wind,  until  it  lloated  over  a  victorious  ship  and 
a  <>reat  work  accomi>lished. 

Though  we  then  knew  somethinin"  «d"  what  we  were 
doing,  we  did  not  know  all.  Invents  have  outrun  the 
imagination.  Little  di<l  I  dream  that,  within  twenty 
.years,  I  should  stand  beneath  the  Southern  Cross  and 
send  from  Australasia  a  message  to  my  northern  home, 
which,  almost  while  I  stood,  jtassed  over  half  the  globe, 
darting  with  the  speed  of  thought  across  the  nearly 'J, 001) 
miles  of  Australian  desert,  through  the  .\rafura  Sea,  past 
ihe  "  Isles  of  Ternate  and  Tidove,"  across  the  Hay  of 
Jiengal  and  the  Sea  of  Arabia,  along  the  Hed  Sea  c<>ast, 
under  the  Mediterranean,  and  liiscay's  sleepless  liay, 
and  linallv  beneath  our  own  Atlantic  to  this  island  citv, 
"situate  at  the  enti-y  of  the  sea." 

Seeing  that  so  much  has  Iteen  acc<uniilislied  in  the 
quarter   <'cntiny    past,   what    may    we    not    cxj^'ct    in    the 


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(inarter  ctMitui-y  to  conio.  Tlu;  coini)letiou  of  the  worM- 
eiicirclin<>-  girdle,  by  forcing  the  rcinanring  link  between 
the  Occident  and  the  Orient,  is  bnt  a  part  of  what  you 
may  witness.  There  will  be  new  instruments  for  hand- 
ling the  electric  current,  as  there  are  new  places  to 
reach.  Then,  when  every  part  of  the  earth  shall  be  vis- 
ited each  day  by  the  electric  spark,  with  its  messages 
from  the  peoples  of  many  lands,  we  may  hopo  to  see 
that  better  understanding  among  all  the  sons  of  men, 
which  is  sure  to  teach  them  that  the  ways  of  peace  are 
the  ways  of  prosperity  and  honor. 

There  is  a  natural  association  between  one's  legal  and  one's 
spiritual  adviser,  and  so  it  was  (^uite  iu  the  order  of  things  for 
Mr.  Fiehl,  after  hearing  from  the  counsel  of  the  Company, 
to  re(piest  his  pastor,  Kev.  Dr.  Adams,  to  give  his  henedie- 
tion  to  the  hapj)y  occasion,  who,  being  tinis  called  upon,  re])lied: 

Although  (d)cdient  to  a  summons  so  direct,  T  cannot 
think  tiiat  tlui  prof(\ssional  services  of  any  clergyman 
are  necessary  at  this  Sha'EU  \Vhi)I)1N(i.  The  Doges  of 
Venice  were  accustomed  to  repeat  the  ceremony  of 
marrying  the  Adriatic  with  a  ring,  every  year;  but  the 
event  which  we  conmuMuorate  to-night  has  proved  so 
happy  that,  with  no  need  of  second  nuptials,  and  no 
possibility  of  a  divorce,  we  have  only  to  congratulate  all 
concerned,  and  especially,  as  we  all  do  most  cordially, 
Mv.  Field  and  the  friends  assochitcd  with  him,  in  that 
marvellous  achievenient  which,  by  one  indissoluble  cord, 
has  married  all  seas  and  all  continents. 

It  rarely  happens  that  those  who  have  projected  great 


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enterprises,  live  to  see  their  fullest  snecess.     Columbus 
tliscovered  this  Western   henusphere  in   149'J.      After  in- 
credible reverses,  ehnins  even  und  imprisonment,  he  died 
in   fourteen   years,    without  ji  glimpse  of   our  Northern 
Continent,  or  any   vision   of   the  vastness  of  that  New 
World   from   which   he    had    lifted   the  veil   of   the   sea. 
Hudson,  iu  KHM),  discovered  that  noble  river  now  bearinj"- 
his  name,  on  whieli  sits  our  own  metropolis.     J{ei)eating 
his  voyao-e  the  next  year,  he  was  set  adrift,  in  a  small 
shallop,    on    the   oi)en    ocean,    by  a   nmtinous  erew,   and 
never  afterward   was   he    heard    of.      Robert    I'^ulton,    iu 
1807,   ascended   the   North    Kiver   in   his  first   steau.boat, 
the  "Clermont."     Seven  years  only  elai)sed,  when,  wori'i 
out  with  litigations  and  perplexities,  he  died,  not  having 
seen  iu    the   most  brilliant   pictures    of    hir   imagination 
what  is   familiar   to  every  one  of  us,  on  all    tlu^  rivers, 
lakes,  seas,  and  oeeans  of  the  globe.     Of  such  exi)Iorers, 
inventors,  and  discoverers,  it   may  be  said,  as  of  the  old 
Prophets,  that  "not   unto  themselves,  but   luito   us,   they 
did  minister"    the  things  whi<-h  to   them   were  disclosed 
only   by    occasional    glimpses    through    the   rifts   of    the 
clouds,      liut    here    are    we   gathered,    ;is   wc   have   Ik'cu 
reminded,  in  the   very   room   and   by    the    very    table  at 
which,   twenty-five  years  ago,   were  seated   the  five  uumi 
who  signed  the  contract  for  constructing  and  laying  the 
first  Atlantic  Cable ;  and  here,  after  the  lapse  of  a  (piar- 
ter  of  a  century,  all   of  thesi'    very  men,   with   a   single 
exception,   are  nu't   again -one  of    them,   because   of  his 
age,  as  well  as  his  benevolence,   the  object  of    universal 
veneration,  surviving  all    the    uncertainties  ai>d  i.-hanges 
of    life     to    receive    the    well  earned    cngratulations Of 


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tluMi'  fri(Mi(ls,  l)ecaus(^  tliomsclves  pcninitted  to  see  the 
Jiniaziii;;'  rcNiilts  of  tlicii'  sagiicity  jukI  energy  and  faith. 
May  they  all  live  to  he  greeted  again  at  a  Golden 
Weddinc}. 

I  have  no  intention  of  saying  ji  word  in  laudation  of 
the  Atlantie  Cahle.  The  time  foi*  that  has  passed.  In 
the  words  of  Holy  Wilt:  "He  is  of  age  :  ask  liini :  he 
shall  speak  fou  himself."  Though  the  ear  eatehes  no 
articulate  words  passing  along  its  (luivering  strands,  yet 
this  polyglot  interpreter  is  speaking  now,  with  tongue 
of  fire,  beneath  the  astonished  sea,  in  all  tlie  languages 
of  the  civilized  world.  As  Mr.  Field  has  been  pleased 
to  speak  of  me  as  his  pastor  during  all  the  toils  of  that 
Ijroject,  whose  success  we  now  celebrate,  I  may,  with- 
out any  infringement  of  professional  proi)riety,  bear  tes- 
timony to  what  was  often  brought  under  my  personal 
observation.  I'rof.  ^Morse  and  JNIr.  Field— I  speak  of 
them  bticause  of  my  special  intimacy  with  them  as  their 
pastor  ;  I  doubt  not  th(^  same  was  true  of  their  associ- 
ates— always  regarded  themselves  in  this  enterprise  as 
the  children  and  agents  of  diviiu'  L'rovidence.  Never 
did  they  fail,  at  every  stage  of  the  proceeding,  at  the 
begi)niing  of  every  voyage,  to  implore  the  aid  of  Him 
who  "  holdeth  the  watcsrs  in  the  hollow  of  His  hand," 
and  who  hath  made  "  whatsoever  passeth  through  the 
paths  of  th(^  sea."  The  motto  on  Mr.  Field's  coat-of- 
arms — aS'«».s  Dicii  Ri<;n~\\'i\s  no  [►retence  or  impertinence. 
One  incident  deserves  to  be  inuiiortalized  «».i  canvas : 
When  Capt.  Hudson,  devout  as  he  was  gallant,  after  the 
cable  had  been  drawn  to  its  anchorage  on  shore,  sur- 
rounded  by    his  crew,    with    uncovered    heads,  fell  upon 


? 


his  knees,  jiiul  heneatli  the  stars  o-avo  thanks  to  Alinio-hty 
(lod  tor  his  gracious  favor,  and  for  the   new  power  then 
born  into  tJje  worhl.      With  no  tendency  to  snperstilion, 
may   we   not  believe    tliat    nineh    of  that  pluck,  so   near 
akin  to  faith,  which  bore  tliese  enterprising-  men  thron«>h 
untohl  ditlienlties,   disappointments,   and   rebuffs,  h'adin^- 
them    to    risk  tlieir  eartldy  fortunes   in   what   to    otliers 
seemed  chimerical,  entailin«<^  cares,  lon^'  and  painful  sep- 
arations  from   happy    homes,    such   as   few  ever  knew— 
had   its  taproot    in    the    reli<!iious    conviction,    that   this 
union  of  continents,  syndmlized   on  our  cards  of  invita- 
tion, had  a  higher  use  and  meanin«>-  than  i)ers()nal  wealth, 
or  connnercial  benetits,  even  the  purpose  of  God  to  bring- 
the  thoughts  and    the  Interests  of  all  nations  int(>  ulti- 
mate  unity.      As  a   i)ledge   of  success   it   matters   much 
whether  one   works   with   the   current   of    Trovidenc^e   or 
against  it.     At  this  late  stage  of  histor.v   for  local   |M)li- 
ticians  to  put  an  endjargo  on    international    intercoinse, 
or  attempt   to    prevent   the   intermingling  of  all   tribes, 
nations,    and    kindreds,    reminds    one    of    the    words   of 
Luther:    "lie  who  would  blow  out  (lod's   tires  <h)es  but 
blow  the  coals  and  the  ashes  in  his  own  face."     Here,  in 
this    room,  in   the   presence  of  these  our    fellow-citizens 
whom   we  have  conn^  to  congratulate  and  honor,  as  the 
original    contractors   of    the   first   inter-continental    Tele- 
gra[>h,  here  is  the  place,  and  this  is  the  time  to   fornuilate 
the  lesson:  amid  all  the  mysteries  and   confusion  of  the 
world,  the    more  we  study   the   ways    of   Trovidence,  the 
more   of  design,   and  ordei-,   and  harmony,   shall  we  see. 
As  the  first   niessage  along   the    first  telegra|>h    on    land 
was  "What  has  (lod  wrought,"  and  the  first  words  which 


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llaslitMl   iRMU'sith   the  sea    were    "Peace   on    caitli,   gooiX 

now,  as  wo  loan  to  listen  to  the  voice 


will  to  men"  ;  so 

which,  (lav  and  ni«-ht,  is  passi 


nii 


under  the  surges  of  the 


Western  ()ee:in,  this  is  its  interpretation  : 

'•  ("lose  wcMldod  liy  tliiit  mystir  cord 
Tlic  continents  arc  one, 
And  one  in  liciirt  as  one  in  blood 
Shall  :dl  their  jx'oples  be; 
The  liiinds  of  liuninn  brotherhood 
Shall  clasp  beneath  the  sea." 

After  tliese  ^rracefnl  an.l  roucl.in-  w.nls  ncthincr  more  needed 
to  he  said,  and  the  host  1..1  th.  way  to  the  entertainment  provided 
in  the  adj..inin-  huil.lin-.  Mr.  Kvarts  takin-  in  Mrs.  Field,  Sir 
Edward  Thornton  the  eMe^t  (hu.uht.r  ..f  Mr.  Field,  the  ITawauan 
Minister    another    dano-l>ter,    and    th.    Russian    Minister,    Mrs. 
Dmlley  Field,  dr.     The  pavilion  which  had  heen  erected  for  the 
purpose  was  dres>e.l  with  the  tla-s  of  all  nations.     In  the  eentre 
was  spread  a  l<.uir  table    loaded  with  delieaeies,  and  ornament- 
ed with  ships   and  locomotives,  and  other  enddematie  devices. 
lTo,v   for  an  h..nr  and  a  half,  was  a  scene  of  festivity  and  rejoic- 
.„,.,.      ( ),,i  „,,„aintanccs  and  fricn.ls   met  fron.  different  parts  of 
the  eonntrv.  who  had  not  seen  each  other  for  years.     The  feehnj.^ 
shown  towanl  Mr.  Field  and  his  family,  was  one  of  snch  personal 
kimh.ess  as  nu.st   l,ave  heen   very  ^ratefnl  to  hin..     All  congrat- 
ulated hin.  on  the  past,  and  wished  he  might  live  t..  celebrate  the 
(iolden   Weddinu-of  this  happy  marriage  of  laud   and  sea.     As 
,„.  l„i...,,,  ,,rew  on  the  guests  hegan   to  take  their  leave,  feehng 
that  thev  iiad  been  present  at  an  occasion,  not  merely  ot  social 
^.„.  ,^.„^^;,,^  „.,   „,,  snggestive  of  the  advance  of  the  world  in 
scu.ntiHc.  discov.M-v  and  its  practical   application  to   the  arts  of 
in,.    i„  that  sebjection<.f  the  forces  of  nature  to  tlK^mrpo^^"^ 

.  ,'  •  ..i.u.li  i.iirks  a  loll""  steo  forward  in  the 

<d   human  intercourse.  wliieU  niaiK^  a  ion.,        i 

nroirress  of  mankind. 


M 


k..i 


As  Mr.  Kicltl  lias  s|M.kfii  so  ijciu-nMisly  of  liis  associati-s  in  tin- 
(.riuinal  .'iifcrpris.'.  it  is  l.ut  rit^lit  that  it  slmul.l  apjx'ar  liow  fully  tlicy 
Iiav.>  i-fcoiririzcd  :iii(l  apitm-iatt'd  his  scrvicfs.  At  the  first  mcctiiii.'  of 
the  Ni'W  York.  Nrw  toiiiHllaiid  and  I-ondoii  'I'l'lcyrapli  Company,  after 
the  sue  vssftil  liiyinir  of  the  caldr  in  !f^:)H,  tli.'  followiiiif  resolutions 
were  olVerecj  l>y  I'eler  Cooper  and  secondeil  \>\  Moses  Taylor,  and 
nniininioiisly  iidopteil  : 

W/ierea.s.  This  Company  was  the  first  evi'r  fornie.l  for  the  estaldisii- 
ineiit  of  an  .Vtlantie  Teleirraph  ;  an  enterprise  ii|Min  wiiieh  it  starte<|  in 
the  Ix'iriiiniiiir  <if  l'^'>t.  :>t  ♦•>''  instaiKv  of  Mr.  Cyrus  W.  Field,  and 
which,  throwuh  his  wise  and  unwearied  eiier^'y,  actin<r  upon  this  Com- 
pany, and  others  atterwards  formed  in  eon.ieetion  with  it,  has  Ix'eii  sue- 
eessfiilly  accomplished  -.  'Iherefore  the  stoekliold.'rs  of  this  Company, 
at  tills  their  lirst  mec.inix  since  the  com|detion  of  the  enterprise,  .lesir- 
int;  to  testify  their  sense  ot'  Mr.  I'ield's  services: 

Jiesnlre :  First— That  to  him  more  than  any  other  man  the  world  is 
iiidel.tcd  for  this  maizniticeiit  inst rumcnt  of  irood  ;  and  hut  for  him  it 
would  not.  in  all  i)nd)al)ility,  lie  now  in  existence  ; 

S(>c(. lid -That  the  thanks  of  the  stockholders  of  this  Comically  are 
herehy  -riven  \>>  Mr.  Field  f-r  these  s  rvi.'.^s,  uhieh.  tlioimli  so  irrcat,  in 
themselves,  and  so  valiial.le   t<.   this  ' 'ompany.  u  eiv   rendered   without 

remuneration  ;    and 

'Pliii-il 'I'liat   a   copv    of  this    resoliitic'ii.  eerlitied    liy    the  Chairman 

and  Secretary  of  this  mctini:,  lie  delivcivd  to  Mr.  Field  as  a  reeoir,ii. 
tioii.  I.y  those  who  hest  know,  of  his  just  vvM  to  !„•  always  ivtrarded 
as  thi"  fust  projector,  and  most  p.^rsistciit  an. I  ellicieiit  pronmt.'r.  of  the 

.\tlantic  Telegraph. 

I'ktkk   Cooi'KH,  C/i'iiniKi/i. 
•  Wilson  (!.   Wis  \,  Scrrc((tii/. 


■ 


•'-"'-^^MiiiiiiiiiimiNjui 


LETTERS   AND  TELEGRAMS. 


KXTKNSION    OF    TKLErTFtAPITS    ON    LAND 


[Tl. 


statciiu'iit  irivcii   1 


II  tlic  adtlrcss  o 


f  Mr.  Field  I's  to  tlu>  exten- 


sion t>\'  <  )eeaii 
li'tter  from   t 


the    woi 


Telegraphy,  is  a.imiral)iy  siippleinented  l)y  the  foUowing 

he   l'resi(U'nt  (.f  tlie  hirgest  Land  Telegraph  Company   in^ 

Id    showin-r,  as   it  does,  how   vast  has  hecoiiie  the  system  of 


tele<M-a|)hie  eommnnieation  both  npon  luiid  and  sea.] 


Fnuu  Norvin  (jlrcoii,  hsq., 


Esd.,  Prosldont  of  the  AVcsteni  Union  Tolcsjiapli 


Company. 


New  Youk,  Ma/ch  1(»,  1879. 


Cvuus  W.  FiKi.i),  Ks*i. 

Mi/  Ihar  X//',— I  1)L'^-  nio 
belli*;-  spam!  and  i>r('serve(l,  sti 
tain    v<»iir    nuinerons 


st  lieartily  to  congratulate  you  on 

in  the  vigor  of  life,  to  enter- 

friemls    at   a    reception    on    the   quarter- 


centennial    anniversary    o 


Atlantic   with    a   Telegrapiiic    Cable,   as   give 


f    vuur   grand    conception   to   spun   the 

11   the   form   of   an 


uiu 


lertakinu  bv  the  execution  of  an  a< 


n-eeiuent  with  your  enter- 


prising assoc 


■iatt 


at  vour  liouse  on 


the  lOth  of  March,  185-i. 


Tl 


lis   event   niai 


•ks  also  about  the  period  of  my  own  c 


•onnee- 


tion  with  Telegraph  enterprises,  since  which  I  have  continued 
to  participate  in  the  executive  management  of  Telegraph  Com- 
panies. I  have,  therefore,  some  knowledge  of  the  great  advance 
made  in  T-legraphy,  both  as  a  scientific  art  and  as  a  business 
enterprise,  ..vcm-  lanil  as  well  as  under  s(>a,  with  whicli  advance 
your  undertaking,  and  the  energy  and  perseverance  with  which 
"it  was  pursued,  lias  had  very  much  to  do. 

TTp  to   IS.U,   the   total   Submarine   Telegraph    Cables  wdiich 
had  been  lai.l  and  worked,  did  not  exceed  (100  miles,  of  which 


m 

480  miles  were  in  four  lines  l»ctwoon  Kii^'liin<l  and  llolland,  and 
108  miles  were  in  four  lines  across  ilie  British  Channel— all  in 
comparatively  shallow  water.      The  lonjjest  cihle  working  was 
120    miles;   and    up  to  a   period  ten  years  later,  it  was  almost 
universally  held   by  the  most  sei(  itifie  a.ul  experienced  electri- 
cian, that  about  00(»  miles  was  the  maximum  distance  at  which 
it  would  he  possil.U'  to  send  a  Telejrraph  current  for  any  prac- 
tical  purpose  throuj,di  a  Submarine  Cable   in   one  circuit.     The 
concei)tion  of  spannin^^  the  Atlantic  at  that  early  date,  was  there- 
fore almost  a  vision  of  prophecy,  far  in  advance  of  all  philosophy 
and  science  in  the  then  state  of  the  art.     And  to  the  wonderful 
grasp  of  this  grand  enterprise,  and  the  iiuhuuitable  energy  and 
perseverance  with  which  it  was  prosecuted,  imder  the  most  dis- 
couraging ausi)ices,  the  world  of  science  and  the  great  interests 
of   commerce    arc   most    undoubtedly   indebted  for  the  achieve- 
ment of  the  grand  benefits  of  Atlantic  Cable  communication,  to 
the  present  age  and  generation. 

This  grand  success,  demonstrating  that  the  thing  could  be 
done,  gave  a  general  impetus  to  deep-sea  (.'ables  all  over  the 
world,  of  which  there  are  now  between  70,iMK)  and  lon.ddO  miles 
in  operation— more  than  suthcient  t(.  inak<'  three  entire  circuits 

of  the  globe. 

The  total  extent  of  Telegrapli  lines  in  the  Cnited  States  at 
that  time  comprised  about  2t;,(ioo  miles  cf  wire:  and  the  total 
numlier  of  messages  transmitted  could  not  have  exceeded  2,000,000 
per  annum.  There  are  now  about  200,000  miles  »»f  Telegraph 
wires  in  operation  on  this  Continent,  an  increase  of  ten  fold,  and 
the  Company  I  represent  is  alone  transmitting  24,000,000  of 
messages  per  annum,  an  in.-rease  of  twelve  fold  over  the  entire 
traffic  of  that  date.  The  rates  of  tolls  to  the  public,  notwithstand- 
ing' the  extension  to  the  PaciHc,  and   greatly   increased  distances 


^^- 


;r» 


mcfirtfijires  aro  fmnsinitted,  Imve  been  rtMliicoil  from  an  average  of 
not  IcHH  than  $1 .  1<»  per  iiiessagi',  t(.  that  (hiring  the  hist  year  of 
3Si  cents;  and  tlie  Hcrviee  han  heen  so  improved  that,  instead  of 
waiting  nntil  tlio  next  day  for  answers,  meuihers  of  the  Produce 
Kxchanges  and  Boards  of  Trade  com])hun  if  they  do  not  got 
answers  fr.)in  Boston,  Chicago,  and  other  p^inls  on  Hoard  of 
Trade  lines,  within  twenty  minutes  after  sending  the;-  ni.ssage. 

The  improvement   in  the  profits  of  Tek^graphy  .      •    I'Msine' 
enterprise,  has  heen  eiiuidly  marked  and  decided     A  large  major- 
ity of  the  early  Telegraph  companies  failed  to  realize  a  financial 
success  in  their  l.usiness;   and  breaking  down,   like  many  of  cur 
railroads  in  the  h.st  few  yeiirs.  were  purchased  at  much  less  than 
their  cost  aiMl  stocked  into  other  cmpanies  which  had  been  more 
successful.     This  tendency  to  c.nsolidation,  originatiug  in  nec-is- 
sity,  was  found   desirable  fnmi  motives  of  nmtual  interest,  an<l 
went  on  nntil  mor..  than  fcmr-tifths  ..f  the  entire  Telegraph  lines 
on   the  (^mtinent  are  owned   and   operated    by  one   (,'ompany. 
These  Hues   exteml  from  the  Canadian  bonier  to  the   Gulf  of 
Mexico    and  the    Ilio  (Iran.le,    and    from    North    Sidney,    Nova 
Scotia   t,.  the    Pacific  OceiUi,  and   up  the   Pacitic  coast   into  the 
British  Possessions,  a  spu,  East  and  West  of  4,500  n.iles,  over 
which  it  req.nres  four  hours  and  a  .(uarter  for  the  Sun  to  riBC ; 
a.id  the  feat  has  been  prrtormc.l  of   ])ublishing  in  the  umrning 
papers  at  San   Francisco  the  markets  of  London  at  the  close  of 

Exchange  hours  of  the  saiiu'  day. 

1  am,  my  ilear  sir, 

Respectfully  and  truly  yours, 

NOliVlN  GREEN. 


■'•«»,. 


t 


;i(i 


From    >Villiaiii    K.    Kv(>r4>(t,   1Im>    Kiiu'lnccr   of   (lie   Miiuiira,    in   tlio 


£\unlitioiiH  of   iNi'ii    uimI    iH'tS 


^Fy  DiAi!  ^FiJ.  Fiimd:  On  Mccount  of  illiu'ss  1  Inivc  iM't'ti 
iinahli  to  Ifiivc  my  Ihnisc  t'or  soiiii'  iiioiitlis,  Imt  miii  imiu'ov f<l 
Mitliciciitlv  to  si'i'k  :i  niort'  iiiiM  cliiiiiitc,  aiiil  all  ai raii<j:rint'iils 
art'  made  tor  Icaviiin'  on  Momlav  next.  'riicrcl'ort'  it  is  iin- 
possiltli'  I'oi-  nil-  to  acc<'i»l  yoiir  invitation  for  tin-  HUli,  and 
with  how  n-uch  regret  1  am  nnalth'  to  cxpross.  l'rol»altl_v 
thero  is  no  oiu'  |>('r>on  who  had  nioi'c  oppdptiinity  t(»  know- 
on  how  minv  occasitnis  the  carrvin^  ont  of  the  plan  to  con- 
nect the  Old  and  the  New  World  hy  an  electric  cal.le  would 
have  heen  abandoned,  l>nt  for  yon  individually.  It  was  often 
and  often  attended  l»y  such  unfavorahle  cii'cunistances  that  all 
otliers  were  in  di'>j»air  and  dislieartonecl,  hnt  you  never;  and 
t«»  your  umneasured  energy  and  encouraj^inient  the  sclnine 
was  solely  indehtecl  for  its  tinal  success.  Xothin;?;  liii;  the 
impossihle  ])revents  me  from  liavin<f  in  person  the  plea>ure  of 
expressini;:  my  coiiijratnlations  on  the  twciity-tifth  anniversary 
of  the  ori^anization  of  the  >clicnie,  ami  tli.it  the  yeais  ot  lahor 
and  devotion  \ on  have  ^ivcii  were  at  last  terminated  with  such 
eoinjdete   satisfaction. 

1    trust    you    may    lonu'    <'iijoy    all    the    hv>t    tlie    v/orld     can 

bestow    as    a    compensation,    and    wish    iml    to    be    foi'i^ntten    as 

amonir  \\\e   mmilier  of   your   well-wishers   in    whatever  you    may 

undertake. 

Yours  faithfully, 

w.  K.  evkim:it. 

Kyk,  March   1,   1870. 


.4   ! 


I 


.17 


A  uTt'iit  niiiiiluT  of  h'ttt'i-H  ami  tclfjiraiiiH  were  rcccivi'd  tn»m  tlistiii- 
^iiislicd  |MTs..iis  ill  all  parts  of  tiir  c.imtry-  fn.iii  tlic  l»rosi.li'iit  ui  tho 
rnil.-.l  States  ami  Mi'iiilwrs  cf  tin-  Caliim't ;  Sfiiators  ami  MciuIhts  of 
th,.  Iluiisc  of  IJ.|.n's.'iitativ<'s;  .lii<l,s,'.'s  of  tlic  Siipninc  Court,  ami 
rorcigii  Ministers;  fn.in  (H-iicral  Sh.rmaii  and  Admiral  I'ortrr,  licmls 
of  til. •  Aniiv  and  Nav\  ;  from  the  CoVfriiors  of  this  and  ot|i(>r  Stati'H  ; 
troiii  Pn-sidrnts  of  ("oll.-jics,  and  literary  iiu-n.  as  well  as  tliose  distiii- 
uwishcd  in  tin-  j^r.-at  railroad,  t.'l.-i;ra|.lii.'.  and  otii.r  .Mil.r|.risrs  of  the 
n.iintry.  Kroiu  a.ross  thr  l.oidrr  Irttcrs  wwr  received  from  the  Mar- 
,,uis(d'  Lome,  the  (i..vernor(;eMerid  of  Canada;  from  Sir  John  A. 
Mae.lonald,  Prime  Minisler;  f.om  Sir  Francis  llineks  ;  from  the  Lieuten- 
ant-^ ioxernor  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  Sir  FredcricU  Carter,  Chief  Justice  of 
NeNvfonndl..nd,>.nd  lUMuy  others.  <)ut<.f  snch  a  nnml-r  of  letters, 
iMdv  a  few  .'an  l.c  -ivcn,  whose  spirit  indicates  that  of  iIm-  whole: 


From  <iciM'ral  Shcnnnn. 


llKMHirAUTKHS    AUMY    OK    TlIK    rNITF.I)    STATKS, 


WasIIIN(1TON, 


I).  (•„   March  :.,  1S79. 


Mi;,  ('vims  W.   l"ii;i.i> 


iilisciicc   in    till'   Stmt 


-I    ndiinuMl    last    ui.-rld   !><'t<^''   :'   l'^'*^   weeks' 
li    aiitl   t'ouiid    ail    iiiiiiuMist'   pilo  (d'    paiRTs, 


iiiioii'!'  tlit'iii    voiir   vcrv 


kind   note  and   tlie  liandsonie    card  of 


invitation    to   voiir 


i;,.,T|)tion   (d'    March    Kitli.       Kf-'iii   tlie   e 


Mlt- 


dlisl 


mien 


Is,     1 


SIM' 


that    voii    wi 


II    assendde   under    \(<ur    inos 


t 


hospitaldr  roof  ivim'scnlativ..  men  <d'  the  fonr  .inarters  <.f  the 
.Inhr.  who  l.v  caldes  of  .dectn.-ity  arc  hein-  l.n.n.uht  into  one 
^Mvat  fa.nllv.'  I  kuosv  of  im.  spot  on  .-artli.  or  of  no  Imman 
riw.llin-  wh..iv  >uch  an  a>seinhla-e  ..f  nu-n  conld  meet  with 
nioiv  proprictv,  and  with  a  ^•reatcr  certainty  of  reali/.in^^  that 
wo  are  all  akin.  Ihit  it  cannot  he  my  privilege.  I  have 
!.,.,,„  ,way  so  m.u-li  that  I  nu.st  stay  at  In.me  awhile,  and 
tlieref.»re  nmst  hei--  yoii  to  excuse  me. 

AVishin-  yon  an  assemhlai-v  worthy  the  oeeasion,  I  am,  with 

nrofoun.l  respect,  your  friend  and  servant, 

'  W.   T.    SlIEiniAN,   General. 


A: 


From  Williniii   Lloj<l  (iariisoii. 

Boston,  March  8,  1879. 

1)];ai{  Mk.  Field: 

Mativ  thanks  for  v«>ur  kind  invitiition  to  hv  one  of  a  very 
numerous  assenihlaj^e  that  will  meet  at  your  residence  on  the 
evenin*,'  of  the  10th  instant,  with  reference  to  the  completion 
of  a  quarter  of  a  century  since  the  formation  of  the  company, 
wliidi,  throu^di  obstach^s  seemingly  insurmountahle,  and  with 
chances  of  success  that  to  almost  all  otiiers  hut  its  half  a 
dozen  meud)ers  appeared  utterly  visitmary,  laid  the  first  At- 
lantic cable  between  the  I'nited  States  and  (treat  Ih'itain  ; 
and  thus  prepared  the  way  f(»r  a  similar  electric  submarine 
communication  with  the  four  quarters  of  the  <rlobe  — realizing,' 
the  vision  of  dolin  in  the  Ap(.calyi)se,  ;' And  there  was  no 
more  sea.'' 

Unable  to  be  with  you  on  so  jubilant  an  occasion,  I  can 
only  send  ycm  my  warm  conirratulations  tliat — as  it  was  pri- 
marily owin<;  to  vcur  own  sublime  conception.  unfalterin<ij 
faith,  and  indomitable  perseverance  and  ener:;y  — this  most 
wonderful  achievement  was  tinally  ('on>ummate(b  you  have 
been  pernutted  to  live  to  tliis  auspicious  day, — ^as  I  trust 
have  been  mo.-t,  if  not  all.  of  your  early  associates,  wit]u)ut 
whose  co-operation  the  undertaking;  mij;ht  have  been  jiost- 
poned  for  an  indefinite  pci'iod.  All  honor  to  you  and  to 
them  I  Vou  all  doerve  to  be  crowned  with  unfadin«;  lau- 
rels, and  to  hold  a  conspicuous  |>lace  in  the  pantheon  of  the 
world's  benefactors.  There  is  no  conii)uting  arithmetically,  no 
grasping  ideally,  the  value  to  mankind  of  this  exploit,  where- 
])V  time,  space,  and  distance  are  ahnost  annihilated  in  the  in- 
tercliange  of   nnnd  with  mind,   the  dissemination  of  every   va- 


tt  ^1 


30 


no 


tj  of  intelli<,'onco,  and  reporting'  the  hcart-pulsationF  of  our 


common  humanity  universally 


.111(1 


b 


ak 


instinct 
Uouiul  tlie  earth's  electric,  circle,  tlie  swift  flash  of  right  or  wrong; 
Whether  conscious  or  unconscious,  yet  humanity's  vast  frame, 
Through  its  ocean  sundered  fibres,  feels  the  gush  of  joy  or  shame ; 
In  the  gain  or  loss  of  one  race  all  the  rest  have  equal  claim." 

With    sincere  wishes   for   your   heahh   and   happiness,  I  re- 
main   vours   to   lahor   for   the   incoming  of   that   prophetic   pe- 

riod, 

"  When  man  to  man  the  world  o'er, 
Shall  brothers  be,  for  a'  that." 

WM.  LLOYD  GARRISON. 

Mr.  EiuK'h  Pratt,  of  naltinioro,  wrote: 

That^Irs.  H.  K.  Johnston,  of  that  city  (Miss  Harriet  Lane), 
had  in  her  possession  the  original  despatcli  sent  in  1858  to  her 
uncle.  President  l^uchanan.  hy  Queen  Victoria,  and  would  allow 
it  to  be  l.ri.ught  to  N(>w  Y.irk  for  this  occasi(ui.  The  offer 
was  gladly  accepted,  and  it  was  brought  on  by  Mr.  Pratt  himself, 
and  attracted  great  attention  during  the  evening.  It  is  as 
follows : 
To  THE  Phksident  ok  the  United  States,  Washington: 

The  Queen  desires  to  congratulate  the  President  upon  the  successful 
c.mipletion  of  the  great  international  work,  in  which  the  Queen  has 
taken   the  greatest  interest. 

The  Queen  is  convinced  that  the  President  will  unite  with  her  in  fer- 
ventlv  hoi.ing  that  the  electric  cable  which  now  connects  Great  Britain 
with 'the  rnited  States,  will  prove  an  additional  link  between  the  nations 
whose  friendship  is  tuun.lcd  in  their  .■ommon  interest  and  reciprocal  esteem. 

The  Que.M.  has  much  pleasure  in  thus  communicating  with  the  President 
nnd  renewing  her  wishes  tor  the  pro>perity  of  the  United  States. 


V 


■ppRnaMMM 


40 


From  John  0.  Whlttlor. 


[Ill  1858,  wlu'ii  the  first  success  of  an  Atlantic  cahle 
startled  the  people  of  this  couiitrv,  AVhittier  wmte  some  of 
his  most  stin-inn-  lines  on  this  victorv  t»f  peace  —  lines  which 
eiii-ht  years  after  were  repeated  with  i;'reat  efl'ect  hy  the  l)id<e 
of  Argyll,  at  a  dinner  n;ivc'u  to  Mr.  Field,  in  London.  It 
occurred  to  a  hmtlicr  of  Mr.  Field  that  it  would  l)e  pleasant 
to  hear  au-aiii  from  the  now  vcneral)le  poet.  T(»  this  request  he 
sent  the  following  answer:] 


Oak  Knoll,  Danvkks.  id  Month,  24,  1879. 

II.  M.  FiKM.,  1 ).!).: 

I>,<1/'  Fr/i/n/,—  \  wish  it  was  in  my  power  to  send  some 
fitting-  words  for  the  family  t'ch'hratioii  of  the  Twenty-tifth 
.Vnniversary  of  the  laying  of  the  Atlantic  C'ahle.  I  regret 
that    it    is    not    in    my    jiower   to   do   ju>tice  to  the   occasion    in 

verse. 

A  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  I  wrote  some  lines  on  the 
eomph'tion  of  the  great  enterprise,  with  whit-h  thy  brother's 
name  is  so  houoi-ahly  assoeiated  as  oui'  of  the  nolilest  bene- 
factor.- of  his  race.  1  do  not  know  that  I  c(»ulil  adil  any- 
thiui;-  to  them.  No  words  can  do  ju>tice  to  an  iMiterpi'ise  of 
such  colossal  magnitude,  of  such  j. resent  re.-ults  and  future 
possiliilities. 

"Pre,--ent    to    thy    hrotlii'i-    my    wai'mot    coiigratidatioiis,    and 

believe  me  verv  trulv. 

Thy  friend, 

.loIlN  (!.   wiirniKK. 


n 


From  Rev.  Henry   >V.   Hollows,  D.H. 


Nkw  Yduk,  Feb.  '?.'), 


1879. 


T)i:au  ^fu.   Fii;i.ii : 

Laocooii  iUid    his  suiis 
in  the  folds  of  the  serpen 


were  hardly  more  inextricahly  ('auf>-ht 
ts,  than  vonr  name  and  fame  are  bound 
Uj)  in  the  Cahle.  I  think  yon  mi,^-lit  havi'  had  the  (Jreek  sculp- 
ture on   vonr  shield,  except  that  while  Laoeoon  and  his  children 


di\'(/  of  their  stran";ulatioiu   von   //'rr   hy  your 


s!     i   adnnre  the 


niirenion? 


vonr  can 


,  twists  hy  which  the  Cable  speaks  ont  your  initials  in 
1  of   invitation.     To  write  one's  name  hi   initc/',  and  to 


lav   it   down    it/xh'i'  the   irata\  are  two  very  ( 


liil'erent   roads  to 


immortality,  and  you  have  chosen,  or  hrcn   clm^en   for,  the  last. 
'^S.iiix  D'liii   /.^V;^" 

Uow    fortunate   to   remain    youiig   am 


iiv 


e  vear: 


back   to  d;ite  one's  ( 


tlu'ir  ci'own  on   Iti'ows  a 


1    active,   with    twenty- 
■hief  deed  from  !     Most  men  put 
Ireadv  noddiui;-  to  the  <>;rave.     Yon  wear 


vour 


laurels  .m  youn-;.  temples,  that  still  throb  with  new  ei 


iter- 


prise  and   tivsli  j)uri 
I   shall  come  on 


)oses. 


^farch    loth,  and  see  how  famous  men  1 


)eai* 


thfir  triumj) 

centurv  festival    of   vour 


hs.  and  c(.n,u-ratulate  you   in   lierson  on  the  cpiarter- 
Transatlantic  Telegrai>liic  Cable's  birth 


— oi-  I'ather  C(ince])tion. 


That 


\(»n    are  an 


American,  secures  you 


from  ever  heing  an 


iron  (ink( 


but  certainlv  von  are 


tl't  rr-pil 


■p 


tlu'  most  fanuius  of  all  the 
^/,',/',v,  and  have  a  full  title  to  havin--  (nitwitted  Xeptune 


Ink 


ai 


id  Chroiios,  an 


1   beaten  even    Apollo  in   the  race, 


All    of    which    euiu-mas,    interi)rete 


d,   mean    onlv    my   cordial 


sympathy   with   the  hap] 


)V    o( 


casion    von   ci'k 


brati 


Yours  with  sincere  svmimthy  and   Amencan  pri.te, 

iii.:m>v  \v.  r.KLLows. 


I 


42 


Fr«»iu  the  Edit  or  of  tlic  Clilcajro  Tribiino. 

Editouim,  Rooms,  Tiik  Tuiiu;ne,  Chicaoo,  March  fi,  1879. 
!My  Dkak  Mh.  Fikld: 

I  reirix't  e.\cee(lin<;lv  that  I  shall  he  iinahlc  to  accopt  yo\ir 
kind  invitation  to  a  MK'etin«j;  of  yonr  friends  eoninienionitini):  the 
ineeption  of  your  scheme  for  coiinectinir  the  New  witli  the  Ohl 
Worhl  l.y  Ocean  Tele^M-aph.  It  was  the  hohlest  scientific  project 
of  the  century,  and  seemingly  the  most  impussihle.  Ihit  hrains, 
pluck,  and  cai)ital  triumphed,  and  Piu-k  put  his  girdle  round  the 
earth.  To  you  fairly  belongs  the  lion's  share  of  the  credit. 
Even  envy  has  not  attempted  to  tear  a  laurel  from  your  brow. 
May  you  live  to  celebrate  the  Golden  Wedding  of  Kurope  and 
America  in  the  indissoluble  bonds  of  electricity! 

Very  truly  yours, 

J.   MEDILL. 


\\  «s;_ — I  vividly  remember  the  great  shout  that  went  up 
when  the  electric  announcement  came  that  Field's  Atlantic 
Telegraph  was  laid  on  its  ocean  bed,  and  that  iJritannia  was 
''telephoning"  to  Columbia,  or  words  to  that  eiVect,  ''(Jlory  to 
Science"  was  the  head-line  (»f  The  Chicago  Tribune's  pean. 
Silence  and  darkne.-s  succeeded  the  "vocal  Hash,"  and  sorrow  and 
desj)air  followed  joy  and  jubilee. 

Manv  unbelievers  l.iughed,  and  nioi-ked  at  "(Jlory  to 
Science";  and  the  reply  was  ''Preserve  your  weak  souls  in 
patience,  and  give  that  iiid(»mitable  '  Yankee'  another  chance, 
anil  if  h(!  doesn't  make  the  lightning  cross  on  his  wire  bridge, 
vou  mav  have  our  heads  for  footltallsl"  It  was  not  long  before 
the  laugh  was  on  our  ^ide,  and   we  enjoyed  it.  M. 


mi 

'A 


43 


The  laic  Eliliii  Kiirritt. 

"Tlio  Intt"  Elilni  P.iirritC  writes  it  tVieiul  to  Mr.  Field,  "  ii 
few  (lavs  before  his  death,  was  innch  pleased  at  receiving  an 
invitation  to  the  celebration  at  vour  residence.  He  M'as  too  feeble 
to  answer,  but  greatly  appreciated  your  kind  renienibrance. 

"  Only  a  few  days  before  his  death  he  tried  to  tell  me  some- 
thing of  his  early  movement  in  the  I*eaco  Cjiuse,  and  spoke  of 
vonr  kind  and  substantial  aid." 


J.  Watson  W«'1>1»,  late  Minister  to  Brazil,  writes ; 

"Ocean  Telegraphy  would  have  come  to  us  when  it  siiited 
the  wisdom  of  (Jod,  and  the  ad\ance  of  science,  to  give  it  to  us; 
but  vou  have  won  the  distiiu'tion  of  having  anticipated  its  arrival 
by  a  i)eri(Ml  of  more  than  twenty  years.  During  each  mimite 
and  space  of  time  it  has  conferred  innumerable  blessings  upon 
mvriads  of  peopk'.  You  have  therefore  richly  merited  the 
enviable  title  of  a  great  pul»lic  benefactor.'' 


{{ 


!►'"  11 


li'xas  iiiii 


fniiii  every  piirt  of  our  coiiiitry,  from  "Nraiiio  to 
I    Calit'oriiia  ;    tVoin    NewrciiiiiUaiKl.    from    the   Dominion   of 


Tlic  teleirrams  were 


Canada  and  .lamaica 


from    England,  Seotliind,  Ireland  and  (iermany 


A  few  only  can  Ik>  iriven,  as   sliowinjjj  the  spirit  of  the  wliole: 

Fr«i:i  Mr.  (Jravcs,  Aii}rlo-A      r  -    ••  Te'n'srniidi  ('(•iiii»aii.v"s  (Mllfc. 

Vai.kntia.  luKi.ANii,  Marcli  10. 
This  anniversary  witnesses  (hi,.. e\  workin.u  across   the-  Athiutie   as 
an  aeeomplished  fact. 

From  Doaii  Stnnloj. 

Westminsteu  Addky,  March  1 0th. 

HK'ssiuiZs  from  \Vi>tminster  Ahbey  on  the  Silver  Wedding  of  I'ai- 
irhind  aihl  America.  W  hat  ( iod  hatii  joined  t(.uetlier,  let  no  iumii  pnt 
asumler. 

From  Sir  >Villiam  Thomstm,  LL.I).,  F.H.S. 

(ii.AS(.ow  Inivkhsity,  Marcii  10th. 
T"  iks  for  your  kind  invitation.  1  am  sorry  your  ealdes  cannot 
flash  me  t<.  tlie'lludson  and  hack;  and  so  I  eamiot  he  with  you  this 
eveniiiu;  but  tiiey  .lo  allow  me  to  eon<rratulate  you  heartily,  and  wisli 
continued  prosperity  and  extension  all  around  the  world  of  o.'i'an  tele- 
graphy. 

From  Sir  Janus  AiMlcrson,  who  ('oiiiniaiKlcd  llio  (ircal  Kastcrii  in  the 
FxiK'dhioii  of  1N(»'»  and  iHlJti. 

{.(•NhoN.  M.ireh  10th. 
It  cannot  tail  to  ^rratify  you,  and  sliouM  astoiii>li  \oui'  -iicsts,  to 
rraliz.'  the  aiiiazin-  irrowth  of  \our  o.can  child:  si\t>  tliou>and 
ii,il,.s  of  (ahic,  c^iiiiL'  al.oiit  twenty  million  pounds  stcrlin.L',  have 
I,..,. I,  laid  >iMce  your  eiicruy  initiated  the  first  loui:  'aide.  Distance 
has  no  Ionizer  anMhinix  to  .lo  with  coninierc.' :  iIh'  t'orci._ni  trade  of 
all  civilized  nations  is  now  l.econiinic  only  an  extendcil  home  ti-aile; 
all  the  old  ways  of  commerce  are  chani:e<l  or  eliaii,<.'intr.  crcaliuir 
;niioii::>t  all  nations  a  common  interest  in  the  welfare  of  eai'li  other. 
'\\,  |,;,v,.  Keen  the  pioueer  p'lr  vvrclbnre  in  this  ^^vva\  w.-rk.  should 
be  most  u'lMtifyinu'  'o  yours  df  and  your  f.imily  :  and  no  man  .-an 
take   iVtiUi  y(ju  the  [)rouil   position. 


15 


I'nuii  Sir  SaiiiiH'l  CannlnK:,  Knisiiu'cr  on  both  ExikmIUIoiis  in  llic  Umit 


Kaslcrn. 


London,  March  10th. 


I  oonjTratiiliitc  yoii  and  yoiir  cn-di rectors  uihui  the  twcuty-lit'th  aiiiii- 
vcrsarv  ot"  the  turiiiatinn  of  the  New  Yurli,  Nt-w t'oiiiKUaiid  and  i^uiidou 
Telegraph  ('oiiipaiiy,  the  pioneer  i>i'  ali  the  Athintie  eahles.  I  look 
hacli  witli  pleasure  to  our  (irst  etVorts  hetween  Newtoiindland  and  Cape 
lireton  Island  in  iN-'i.'),  and  to  friendships  tlien  mad.',  and  wish  you  all 
lieulth  and  happiness 

from  Sir  Ihniicl  (i(MMli,  Chairman  ol"  llio  IVlcirniph  Construction  and 

Maintenance  C»nii»any. 

London,  >rareh  10th. 
I  congratulate  you  on  this  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  New  Y.")rk,  Newfoundland  and  I-ondoii  T( '. -graph  Company, 
primarily  dne  to  your  mitiring  energy  in  ihe  cause  of  <»cean  telegraphy, 
which  resulted  in  uniting  Kurop.'  Nsitli  America  l.y  calde.  May  this 
ininivcrsarv  meeting  prepare  the  way  for  the  still  gran.h'r  work  of  cu- 
uecting  the  great  Am.'rican  Kcpuldi.'  with  the  Continent  of  Asia,  thus 
comi»leting  the  circuit  ot'tlic  ghdic. 

Kr;>ni  .lolni  IVmlcr,  i:s(|.,  M.  I'. 

London.  March  lOtli. 
\s  one  ,.f  vour  earlv  .ujlea^.mes  in  the  Atlantic  Cal.le  enterprise,  I 
e<uigratulate  vm.  h.-artilv  on  the  great  res.dts  of  suhmarine  telegraphy, 
,l„.C,„„.dalionofwhichis  very  much  <lue  to  your  energy  and  enter- 
prise. Y.ui  mav  n  n.en.lu.r  what  strn-des  we  had  in  this  country  to 
„,,,,,•„,  ,1,,.  M.oncv  for  the  first  Atlantic  Company,  and  how  many 
srluMucs  were  su-.stcd.  and  tried,  and  failed,  to  enlist  the  puhl.c  cou- 
,1,,,,„,,  i„  ,1,,  ,;„.rvin^  out  of  the  ^rcat  work.  Now  l.y  perseverance  it 
is  crowned  Nsith  si.n.al  success.  It  has  done  nuwh,  and  will  do  '.mre, 
to  l.ring  the  w.,rld  i.ito  harmony.  Kvery  day  proves  that  it  ,s  carry- 
ing forwar.l  the  gn-at  objects  of  human  and  material  progress. 

,5,,,.,,  ,;,„u.r.  whose  na.nc  is  i.lcntilied  with  telegraph  lit.es  all  <.ver 
,,„.  world,  sends  from  London  Ins  -hearty  cougratulatu.ns  ;  and 
"Sien.ens."the<listinguished  Kngi-iecr  and  Eleetri..ian,  the  matu.tac- 
,,„.,,,  ..fo.'can  cables,  sends  his  -.■ahle  -reetings.  ' 


(Sfi^*™™"*-'^'"- '~  y.-i--^-''*^*':.  m  ■  i  i!fl(Hm 


tmmtm^--- 


k; 


From  Heiirj  Woavpr,  Esq.,  fioncnil    Wrtiiaufor  Aiiirlo..Vmorl<'nii  Telc' 


KTaipli  ('(Miipany. 


FiMNDON,  M.irch  10th. 


.\i'ci'|it  luv  Uiiid  cotiixriitiiliilioiis  upon  tlic  Iwciity-tirtli  ;iiiiiivcrs,irv 
ol'tlif  (iccisioii  wlicii  till'  |)Mssil>ility  of  coiiiu'cf iiiii  Kurinu'  iiml  America 
l)_v  .siiltiiiiiriiu'  Atlantic  caliics,  was  iiist  (lisciissfii  at  your  house.  1 
trust  that  the  many  f'riemls  assemliled  arouml  you  to-ilay  may  live  to 
otl'er  voii  their  ijood  wishes  upon  the  liirieth  amiiversa>'y. 

Messrs.  Grant  and  Wells  of  tlie  same  Comf)any's  staff  also  "  hope 
that  they  may  have  the  pleasure  of  eoniirutulatinu'  him  ii;j;aiu  at  the  end 
of  anuther  twi-nty-five  years." 

Vvtm  Htm.  John  Welsh,  raited  States  Miiiistor  to  (irc.it  llritalii. 


London,  Mareh  10. 


Warmest  salutations  to  von  and  voui'  friends. 


i 


From    .Iiiiiiiis  S.  Moriran,  Esq. 

liONDON,  ^fareh  10th. 
I  add   my  eon<,'ralulatioiis   to   the   many    you    will    receive  at  your 
Silver  Weilding  to-day.       'J'he   (ioldcn    Wedding    will    ^n-atefully  inau- 
gurate a  new  century.     Promise  me  an  invitation. 


From  Hr,  Stepliaii,  Fostmastor-(ieiieral  of  (Germany. 

liEiu.iN,  Mareli  lOtli. 
Sincerest  con<rratulatioiis  to  the  originator  of  the  admirable  work  of 
ocean  cable.      May  it  always  jirovc  a  medium  for  proinotinir  tlie  pcace- 


tul  union  of  nations  ! 


From  Sir  Hinrli  Allan,  Preshlont  of  lln^  Monlmil  Tclosrrapli  Tompany. 

MoNTiiEAi.,  March  lOtI). 
As  the  leading   spirit    in   developintr   and   practically   carrying'    into 
ctleet  sulnnarine  tcle'nMphv,  vou  are  entitled  to  much  credit  ;  and  I  an\ 
sure  the  time  is  not  far  distant    when    you   will,  in  this  resjiect,  and  in 
others  also,  he  j'ei^arded  as  a  wry  cmini'ht  public  bcnctiictor. 


1   I' 


47 


From  4'aniula. 


Iltiii.  \l.  \\.  Dicki'}',  Senator,  tclci^'raplis  from  Ot'awii: 
Ottawa    semis    coiiirratiilatioiis — shared    liy   the    (ioveriior  (leiienil 
(Mar(|uis  of  Lorne),  I'l'emier  (Sir  -lohii  A.  Macdoiiald),  and  Somites  of 
Caiiuihi — to  tile  pioneer  of  'I'rans-Atlanfie  Tele<j;ni[)liy,  on  this  (juarter- 
ceiitnry  anniversary. 

From  Ur.  Lasard,  Manager  anil  Uircctor  of  tiio  (•eriiiaii  Union  Tel* 


i>u:ra|)li  Coinpany, 


Kkri.is-.  March  10th. 


IMease  accept  my  Itest  con;ifratnlatioiis  on  the  twi'hty-fifth  anniver- 
sary of  till-  day  when  lirst  yon  liei;an  earryini.'  into  elVect  your  great 
idea  of  a  teli'ifraphic  connection  l»etwien  tiie  two  hi'mispheres.  The 
cios<>  and  friendly  relation  lietwei  ii  my  coinitry,  and  the  undi-rtaking 
which  origin.ites  from  that  day,  causes  me  the  greatest  satisfaction  in 
inv  position.  I  am  verv  sorrv  indeed  that  the  yreat  distance  has  pro- 
vented  me  from  accepting  your  kind  invitation,  tor  which  1  thank  you 
verv    much   in    mv    mind.      However,   I   am   ech  l)ratiug  the  day  with 


•ou. 


From  Sir  Anliiony  M»sg:««v«',  K.  ('.  M.  (i.,  (iovornor  of  .laniaica. 


INdSToN, 


AM  Alt' A, 


March  10th. 


I  wish  I  could  have  accepted  your  invitation  t'or  to-night,  and  offered 
mv  congratulations  upon  the  anniversary  of  what  1  saw  completed  in 
Newfoundland  when  I  lirst  met  you.  Drink  the  health  of  your  grand 
ne|>hevv  whose  birthday  it  is,  and  who  has  directly  descended  from  the 
cable  to  which  1  am  deeply  indebted  for  my  wife.     All  well. 


Nfr 


From  Mural  llalslcad.  Cincinnali. 

ll;d>tc!id  is  well  known  as  oiuot'tlie  in(i>t  I'ainousof  Aiiicricun  jour- 


alists.      In  1.ST4,  he  aecmnpanii 


d    Mr.  Field   to   l.chuid  to  attend  the  niil- 


Icnial  celelu-ation  of  the  lirst  seltl. men 
Inabilitv    to  attend  voiii-  Silver 


t  of  tliat  island:! 

Weddintr  with  Atlantic  Telegraphy 


a  eenMiionv  metnoi 


able  forever— sincerelv    ri'grcttcd 


IT( 


ipe  to  joii 


vou  ami 


N'ler 


(" 


ooper  oil 


the  ( 


lolilen 


Anniversary  I    Do  not  forget  our 


appointment  at  Reykjavik.  lc(dand.  f.u- the  second  millennial  cele 


bration 


of  the  settlement  of  Iceland  I     I  his  is 


I  markul  anniversary  for  me  also 


—  (dosini'     tweiitv-six     years    of    connection    w 
C'ommereial." 


,ith    "The    Cincinnati 


!   I'ti^ 


IS 


Fi'oiii  (apt.  H.  V.  MajiM',  II.  \.,  <'.  II. 

Ottawa,  Mi.ivli  Uttli. 
Coii-iiMtiilati'  ynii  iMost  lu'iutilv   <»ii   this  iiiiiiivcrsury  of  your  gmit 
triiinipli.     May  it  iit-vt-r  l>i'  tori,'ottcii  in  the  amials  ol'tlu'  worltl ! 

rroin  Thomas  Allt'ii.  Ksq. 

St.  horis.  Mo..  Maivli  UUli. 
Voiif  I'litcrpiisf  iiiailc  till'  cai'tli  siualliT  |iliysically.  larger  iiitflK'ct- 
iiallv.  and  l(!'<>ni:lit  liiinianity  iicarcr  a  unit.  I  heartily  join  in  the  inii- 
vorsal  roniiiatulations  \ipMii  tliis  Silver  \V»'i|(linir  of  tlie  ll.'miHplu'n-s, 
and  in  t'elicitations  ol'  yourstdf,  son  ot"  Merksliirf.  as  its  Iii;,rh  priest. 
'I'lianks  tor  the  invitation,  and  reirrets  that  I  ea;ini«t  he  |>resent. 

From  .1.  II.  Wade,  who  was  ('iia:ai.'('<l  jnirs  a«:o  in  Tie  ciitcriuisc  to 
carry  a  Tchirraph  to  Asia  \ia  the  Western  roast  of  America  an«l 
Itehrinic's  Straits. 

Aceejtt  my  eon^'ratidati(  is.  .\ithoii;.jh  \onr  siieeess  defeated  our 
hinil  line  to  connect  iMirope  and  America,  via  IJehrinix's  Stiaits,  [  can 
Init  rejiiice  in  the  most  jfomi  to  the  irreatest  numl)er,  .and  no  one  is 
prouder  ot'yi.nr  lireat  aeliieveiiients  ot  nnitinjr  the  nations  nf  tin'  eirtli 
liy  neean  ealile.  than  your  tVii'nd.  •' ■    ''•  "   ^l"■■• 

From  ('.  II.  F.  IVtcrs,  IMreclor  of  the  l.ilciillcia  Ooscruitory. 

[I'rnf.  l*eU'r>,  dl"  llainilloii  CoUeir".  i-;  well  known  to  the  scicntitic  world  as 
one  of  (lie  most  cniiiu  nt  of  American,  or  indeed  of  living,  astronomers.  He 
is  the  discoverer  of  several  asteroids,  and  wa>  sent  ..lit  l>y  tlie  I'uited  States 
Government  four  years  -a'^o  to  make  oliscrvations  on  the  tran-^it  of  Venus  from 
flic  otlua- side  of  the  ^dolie.  Mis  scicntitic  entliUMasm  will  explain  the  |ifcn- 
liar  pliiMscolo-ry  of  this  telcLrrain,  winch  he  sends  from  his  ( )liservatory  :  | 

Asti-oiiomcrs  tliroujilioiit  the  worM  cuinplinient,  ( '\  rns  \V.  Field  for 
Athintic  Cable,  flasliinjf  news  t'n.m  the  stars,  t-llinir  planets  unknown, 
connecting  heaven  and  earth. 

From    Dr.   Isaac   I.  Hayes,  the    Arctic    Kxplorer,  !!o«   Mcmher  of   the 

Asseuihly. 

AiaiANV,  Maiu'!1    loth. 
\'er\   much  regret  that  pulilie  hnslnes- ,iet  .ins  me  liere  this  evening'. 
.\eeept    m\    congratulations   and    I'ordial    i.mm.1    wishes.      'The   years  of 
yuiir  tri'iidly  kindness  to  me  are  measured  hy  the  period  y(ni  ceUd)rate. 


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40 


From  Eioii.  It.  I.,  (lihsoii,  Mt'iiibcr  ol'  ('<)im'n>s>  from  lionlsiaiia. 

\\  A>lllN(iT(tN.    Millrll     lOth. 

Mr.  (iilisuii  uircis  his  sincere  regrets  ami  iiidst  citrilial  lelicitatioHH 
ill  cMiiiiuemiiratiiiii  (d'eveiits  wliuli  mark  tlie  advuiicriiieiit  <»t'  iiiaiikiiiil 
ill   the  arts  III' peace  ami  eivilizatiuii. 

Ki'oiii  Sriiator  Katoii  ol'  ConnH'ticiit. 

I  Iautkuiii),  March   Kith. 
IJefirct  that    I  caiimit    lie  with    voii.     'I'he  (  hiircli,  lieiicli,  Bar,  ami 
Scionco  aliko  luuKir  tiie  iiaiiie  t<f  Kit'lil. 

From  Kx-(i<»voriior  liciaiid  Shiiiford  of  Cnlil'oniia. 

Sam  FuANOiscd,  ^^al>•ll  lOtli. 
Mr.  Staiif'onl  con-jratiilates  Mr.  Fii-hl  ii|m)|i  the  <,'raml  succcsh  of  iiis 
^rcat  work.  Tlu"  proirre-is  of  civilization  tor  the  past  twenty-live  years 
has  lieeii  womlcrfiil  licyomi  any  precedent  in  history  ;  Kiit  shoiild  tho 
future  twcntv-five  years  lie  iindistiirhed  liy  violence,  the  possihilities  of 
inipioveiiieiit  can  only  he  vaguely  Mirmised  ;  for  the  iiici'cascd  tacllities 
of  the  tilei;raph,  of  st.'ain,  and  of  the  pi'ii!lin<f-press,  make  the  whole 
civili/ed  world  as  one  iiciirhhorhood.  We  can  hope  evei'Uhing  tVom 
the  future,  t'Xeept  t'roiii  its  political  atmos|(liere. 

(icorirc  S.  Liuld,  of  llic   lVl<'Lfni|(li  Ollico,  San  Francisco. 

( 'oii"ratiilatioiis  iipoii  the  occasion  w  hi'li  celehratcs  the  triiniiph  ot  a 
ipiarter  of  a  century  a<ro.  We,  of  the  I'aeifie,  antici|i  ite  the  day  when 
Voii  will  crown  vour  laurels  with  a  Trans-i'acife  (".dile. 

rroni  .Mr.  Stearns,  llic  Inventor  ol'the  Duplex  System  oC  Tele^'raphy. 

[Tlie  tirst  of  the  .d.ovc  tcle-rraiiK,  from  Valcntia.  Ireland,  announces  the 
successful  ai>i)licatio.i  of  the  Duplex  System  oi  Telenrapliy  to  the  ocean 
caMes.  Mr.  Slearns  the  inventor  of  tiiat  System,  was  al>srnt  from  Valentia 
when  ids  invitation  came:  hut  retuniiiiy  a  day  or  two  after,  telegraphed  to 
Mr.  Flcl.i:| 

Vonr  kind  invitation  just  recelv.d  two  days  alter  the  fair.  May 
yunr  y.'ars  and  y-.ur  Idcssiiiirs  i.e  -.Inplexed  •"  !  Mny  you  live  to  put 
a  uird'le  inimd  tl'e  eaitli,  and  may  I   live  to  "dui-lex"  that  girdle! 


r.i) 


LETTERR  FROAf   AnnoAt). 


AMci-  thf  iTct'ptioii  U'ttiTH  caiiM"  ill  )i.vr\\\  iiiiml»fr-(  tVoin  altroiid. 
'I'licit'  is  spacf  but  for  a  tew  iiaiui's  of  writers,  ami  luit  Iwn  nr  tliicc 
Ifttfis.  aihl  lliusi'  oi.lv  (iftlif  liri.'li-.t  kiiiil.      Aiiiuiij:  others  were  letters 

>r  the  Uit;h  ("oiiimissioiu-rs  who  iie<,M- 


iVoin  the   Marijiiis  ut'  Ui|M>ii.  on 

tiatetl  ill    \x1\    the  'I'reafN   of  Washiii^tnii,   which   selllnl    the  AlaliaiiiM 

(ilieHtioii  ;    llaroii  (le^'leni  ami  Sir  .loliii  Hose  ;  SaiiiiU'l   Morlev,  •>f  l-oii- 

.loii,   ami   William    ilatlil e.   ol'  Liverpool,  iiieinl.ers  of  I'arliaiiieiil  ; 

Ailiniral  Sir  Ale.xamler  Milne,  |,ite  one  of  the  Lor.ls  of  tin-  Admiralty  : 
Ailmiial  I'reeily.  who  eommamled  the  \<ramemnon  in  the  first  suceess- 
fill  laviiit:  of  the  ealile  in  lf^."»S;  aiiil  Captain  Moiiirty,  who  as  a 
picket!  man  of  the  Navy  foi  such  a  sei  vice,  naviualcl  ihedreat  Kiist«'ni 
safely  across  the  deep  in  the  e\pedilioii  of  iHfdi;  Admiral  Commerell. 
wliu  also  took  part  in  the  la\  in;.' of  ihe  siiecessliil  cahle  in  lH(»t»,  and 
has  since  held  one  <if  the  hitihest  commands  in  the  Medilcrram-an  ; 
|{(d.ert  Dudlev.  the  Kn;.dish  art i>t .  who  aceoinpanied  the  Ivxpeditioii 
ill   the   (ireat    Ivistern,  ami    tonk    the   sketches   from  which    he   executed 


tile     series     o 


(t      pailltiliiis     w 


hi.'h 


now      ailoi'ii 


Mr.     Kicld's     1 


lollse 


.llirelie 


Schii\lcr.    American   ('oii>ul    at    nirmiiiijham  ;     \)v.    ('alleiider, 


the  einineiit  siiryeoii, 


,f  I. Ion;   and  Dr..).  II.  <  iladstoiie,  tin- author 


)f  the  I/il'e  of  Faraday  ;    Major  Matcmaii  ( 'liaiiipain.  of  the  Tele^xfiij'h'* 
d'   India;    and    Sir.liilins    V..;r,d.    the    Keprcsenlative  in     l'ai;,'land   of 


New   XealamI  :    tlic    I're-^idciit    ol   the   Suiss   ( 'mifed.  lation 


I.e    ( 


olli- 


iiiam 


leiir    !•:     I)" A 


IllICO,       11 


lioiiie 


Director   (ieiieral,   and    M.  lieiliri. 


Inspector,    of    the   'rele;.rraplis   of  Italy;     Irom    Dr.   Stephan,   of  IJerlill. 
I'c»stmasler-(icneial.  and    Dr.    A.    Lasard.    Diivctn       -f  'relei.'ra|ihs,    of 


( iermanv 


M 


OllSIC 


nr    Diimner    de    \Natteiiw\l.    ot'N'ieima,    ( "oiineillor 


and  Minister  of  ( 'oiiiiiiene,  D, rector  ul'  the  'rclcL'raplis  n\'  .\iistria; 
Haroii  de  Liidcis.  of  St.  I 'ctiislni !■;,'.  I'ri\y  (oiineillor  and  Director 
(Jciicral  of  all  the  Ttdc^irai'hs  id  llussia  and  Sil.cria  ;  Siileiiiian  I'ltrciidi. 
Kn^riiicer  of  the  'rclearajihs   in    I''.l:\  pt,  vVc.  \-e.,  \-c. 

Froiii    Lord    lloiiLrlitoii. 

FuysTON    IIai.i.,   Fi:i!i{vuicii>(ii:,    YoltK-iiiitK,   March  lOtli. 
Lord  Il<iU^litoii    |tivsL!its  his  coiiiidiiiieiifs  to  Mr.  (Vriis  l'"i(d(l. 
ami    r.  u'l'i'ts  tliat  tlic   sli^'ht   (jistaiice  (d"  liis  ri'si<lt'iief  wiil   prcvciit 
liiiii    t'roiii    liaxiii:;   the   pic  i.-iifi-   of   tiiniiii^i''   iiliiist'lf  at   (iratiicrcy 
I'ark  this  cvi-iiiii';. 


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From  I'ror.  Konainy  rrin>,  or  Oxfonl  Inlvci'slty. 

',•    NoHMAN    (JaIIDKNH,    ()\H>I(1>,   Fl'l».  'i\i,    l^iO. 

DiAu  Mu.  Cvuis  KrKin: 

Is  this  ii  smniiioiis  to  crn^  tin-  occiii  which  vmi  send  \uei 
A  iiiost  (h'li;;httul  invitation,  iiinst  ci'i'tjiiiily  ;  hut  then  oiio  cimiiot 
cxactlv  onh'r  ont  one's  stfanihunt  as  one  docs  one's  carriajje  for 
an  evening;  party.  ^ Ct  how  1  >honhl  Hke  to  he  in  AnK-rica 
ayain — that  jr)nniev  was  so  exceedingly  I'nll  ot"  pU'asnre,  Xo 
kinch-r  oi-  more  lios|iital>ie  peoph' on  i-arth  than  the  Americans  I 
M_v  heart  wonld  l>e  made  of  stone  if  1  did  not  say  this,  with  the 
stnaip'st  eni|»ha>is, 

I  exult  over  the  >nccc»  of  jlc.sumption.  I  distinctly  pro- 
phesied it  in  si'veral  writini;s.  My  fear  turned  only  on  tlie 
existenc*'  nf  the  will  to  adopt  it. 

Now  the  next  thinir  is  Free  Trade— a  very  fai'  <ireater  lioou 
than  even  a  >ound  currency.  Why  wont  you  Americans-  keen- 
witted people  that  you  are— see  that  protection  is  a  tax  or  poor- 
rate  imp(»>ed  on  the  .\inerican  people,  upon  no  one  else,  to 
support  certain  makers  or  workmen  i  Why  do  they  shut  their 
eves  to  the  fai-t  that  no  oue,  man  or  nation,  can  laiy  unless  he 
>ell>.  and  that  the  only  thin-  to  huy  with  are  the  u'oods  one 
makes.       The   foreifruer  mu>t  takt   them,  or  you  caiiuot  and  will 

n(.t    huy.     Trade  lu'ver  i>an'ihin.u  el.-e   lait   li' I>   for  <;oo(ls,  of 

etpial   value  uonnnaliy.     Alasl 

Mr.  R.  Stuarf,  of  TJvcrpool,  writes : 

''I'.ut  fnr  the  distance  1  should  he  <leli-hted  to  he  with  you. 
Vour  emMXV.  however,  in  the  annihilation  of  time  and  sj.ace  so 
far  as  mni,/  is  conceriuMl,  lias  stoi)pcd  short  ..f  the  conveyance  of 
»ntff'r  with  li-htniuiT  rapidity,  and  I  nnist  therefore  content 
myself  with  thankini;  y.ai  for  your  kindly  rememl.raiur,  and 
wishin<;  a  liap|>y   issue  to  your   festival. 


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'i*IS»»««l|fS*<, 


52 


From  the  la(o  Ooorpe   SnwanI,   Esq. 

Along  Avitli  tlic  many  kind  incssiiift's  (Viiin  aliroad  from  the  livinji, 
it  may  not  Ix'  ont  of  j)la('('  to  add.  as  a  tondiing  dose  to  them  all, 
one  t'loni  a  fVicnd  who  is  gciu',  hat  wliosc  tcstiinnny  remains,  and  is 
re|>r()dii(ed  lirre  as  Iteinj;  most  li(inoraI)le  alike  to  the  livinij  and  the 
dead.  Immediately  alter  tlu"  success  ot"  tlic  first  eaUlc,  in  1S5><,  Mr. 
Georce  Saward.  nl'  London,  the  St  cietarv  nt'  the  Atlantic  Teleixraph 
Comjiany,  Avrott*  to  Mi'.  Field  as  IhIIdus; 

■•  At  last  the  j^'reat  work  is  siiceesstul.  I  rejoice  at  it  for  the  sake  (d" 
huiiianitv  at  lari^e.  I  rejoice  ;i1  it  for  the  sake  ot'  our  conimon  nation- 
alities, and  last,  hut  not  least,  for  yoiii-  personal  sake.  I  most  heartily 
and  sincerely  rejoice  with  you,  and  coiiuratulate  you,  upon  this  happy 
termination  to  the  troulde  and  anxiety,  the  continu'rUs  ami  perseverinii 
Idior,  and  iievei--ccasimr  and  sleepless  enerixy,  which  the  successt'ul  ac- 
eomplislimeiit  of  this  vast  and  iiohlc  enterprise  has  co^t  you,  Never 
was  man  more  dev  'ed — luNcr  di<l  man's  eiiertry  hetter  ile-^erve  siicci'ss 
than  vours  has  done.  May  you  in  th.'  Iiosom  ot' your  family  reap 
those  ri'wards  ot'  repose  and  all'ection.  which  will  he  douMy  sweet  t'r<UM 
the  relleetion.  that  \  "U  return  to  them  after  haviuLT  heen  umler  Provi- 
dence the  main  and  leadini:  principal  in  coid'erriuix  a  vast  ami  endurlnir 
lietiefit  on  mankind,  it'  the  contemplation  ot'  tame  ha>  a  chafm  tor 
\((U.  von  mav  well  indulire  in  the  I'ellection  ;  tiir  the  name  ot't'yriis  W  . 
Field  -ill  now  1:0  onward  to  immortality,  as  long  as  that  of  thi'  .Vtlantic 
Telegrajih  shall  he  known  to  inaiikiixl." 


COMAri:NTS   OF   THE   PRESS. 


From  llic  Now  York  IForaltl,  March  lltli. 

A  CAJ5LE  JUBILEK. 

Tlu'    rcccptidii    <rivrii    last    n'mht    liy    Mi-.  ( '\  rus  W.  Ficlil,   in   coiu- 
iiifiiioratioii   of  the    tsvciitv-lit'tli    aiiiiivci-.<ary   i>\'  tir.'    t'orinatioii    of   a 
coinpaiiy  for   layiiii,'   tlif   first  AtlaMtic  caltlc,  was  an   rvciit  of  no  onli- 
iiai'v  iiitcrcst.     Tin'    lilicrality  of  the   cnti-rtainnu'iit,  tlR'  distiiiguishod 
cliaractcr  ot'tlic  micsts,  the  rcnilniscrnccs  wliich  fillcil  the  rooms  of  one 
of  tlu'  most  im|iortaiit  cntcriiriscs  that  ever  (Milistt'd  the  synn)athi(-'s  or 
tested  tile  ijeiiins  and   tlie   energy  of  man,  imiied  to  render  the  evening 
a  memoiMlile  one  to  all  who   jjartook  of  Mr.  Field's   hospitality.     l'>nt 
there  was   something    more   than   this    in  the   celehration.      Among  the 
eom|>any  wen'  I'onr   out  ot    the   five  gentlemen  who  fiist   pledged  tiieir 
names  for  the  execution  ot'  a  work  which,  from  the  grandeur  and  over- 
slnnhiwing  importance  of  the   results   promised   in  ease  of  its  success, 
seemed   almost   hopeless   of  acci.mplishiiient.     'I'hroiigh    struggles    the 
severitv  of  which  can    scarcely    lie    imagined,  and    through  disconraixe- 
meiit  such  as  no  one  can  now  conceive,  these  five  capitalists  perseveriMl 
mitil  the  lilorioiis  t'nd  was   reached,  and   the  tw..  coiitimMits  were  prae. 
ticallv  drawn    into   immediate    proximity    l>y    the   lirst    Atlantic  eahle. 
The   ureat    chaiiires.   the    revolution,  we    may    say,  which   followed    the 
iinkini:  together  of  I^iirop.'  an. I  An, erica   in   iustantaiu'ous  telegraphic 
,.,„nmiinication.  lormed   the   t.^pic  of  the   ehxpieiit    speeches   made   last 
niirhl,  and  nee.l  not    he    repeate.l   here.     The  example  of  the  men  now 
living  among   its,   to   whose   h<.|.efiilness,   confidence,  wonderful   energy 
and  nntiring'perscverance  we  are  indet.ted  for  ocean  telegraphy,  is  cer- 
tainly a  practical  eiiconragemeiit  to  all  who  enlist  •„,  the  cause  of  science, 
and  'should    spur   them   on   to    action    in   enterprises  which   promise  to 
1,,-nelit  the  world,  no   matter  h-.w  insurn.ountable  may  appear  the  oh- 
statdes  in  their  path. 


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From  llio  »w  York  Tiilmiic. 
THK  CAliMrS  SII.VKU  WKDDINM!. 

The  irntli.'riiiir  iit   \\ic   lioiiso  of  Mr.  ("ynis  \V.  Fidu  last  iii<rlit  was 
a  rfinarlial)lt'  ouinmciiiMratinii  of  a  r('iiiarkal)lc  fvoiit.    'I'lif  twciity-fittli 
aiiniv(>i-s;iry   of  tlif   fonnatimi    of  llir    llrst    oc-aii   cal.Ic   coiiipuiy  was 
<•,■!(. biMtc.l    l.y  a  iratlirrinir   of  every  iin'iiil)er    Imt    one    of  the   ori-iiiial 
iissoeiatioii.  ami   of  soiii>'   nf  their    iimst    |.roiniiieiit    co-workers   in   the 
eiitorprise;   ami  a  ixreat  niimher  of  <listini,Miishe(l    people  eiiiiie  to<retlier 
to   witiioss   th.'   impressive   rc-iiifion.     The    attention   of  the   eoni|iany 
which  was  one  of  the    most    hrilliant    ever    I.ehelil    in    New  York  (  ity. 
naturally  concent ratc.l    itself  upon    the   man    who   may,  with   truth,  lie 
called  the   fathei-  of  oei'.in   teleirraphy,  and  who  has.  in  other  ways  like- 
wise, done  much  work  f  >!•  mankind.     The   liheral  spirit  .ind  the  l.ound- 
less   enterprise    ojCyrus    \V.    I'^ield    have    made   him    rich    in    a    most 
hoiKii-alile   fime.      The    true   significance    of  the    cimmcmoration,  how- 
ever, was   n<it    in    the    presence    ot'  a    lar^a-   ami    splendiil    company,  of 
coui-se,  n><v  vet  in  the  asseml>l,ii:e  ot   the  smaller  LrnMip  ut"  now  histori<- 
char.ictcrs;     hut     in    the    vi\i<!     reminder    ^iven    to    the    world    of   the 
amazintr   growth   of  a  s_v-tem   which   oidy   a  (piartcr  ot'  a  century  a<xo 
was  merclv  one   man's   dream,  the    rcali/atinn  "f  w  hicli   sccmc(l   to   the 
mass  ot'  mankinti  fairly  impossilile. 

Twentvdive  vears  have  passed.  an<l  there  are  to-day.  as  Mr.  Field 
stilted  in  his  address.  ■•  <i\  CI'  70.0(M>  miles  uf  cahle  crcssiui:  the  seas 
and  dceans.""  This  .imiiv  ersary  itscit'.  as  he  went  "W  to  show,  is  a 
witness  ot'  a  new  and  irrcat  ^li'ide  t'urw.ii-d  in  cx'ean  teleirrajihy . 
••  |)u|ilc\  Wdikinir  across  the  \tlantic"  was  pi-n\cd  to  l)c  ;in  aceijin- 
pli-hed  fact  hv  a  dispatch  uhieh  ihc  speakei'  held  in  his  hand  Tele- 
irrams  mav  lie  sent  in  lioth  ilii'cctidiis  on  the  same  calilc  at  once,  .and 
thus  the  cap.icitv  i<\'  all  the  nccan  wires  is  duuiilcd.  it  u.is  in  the 
hiuhcsl  .|c:_n'ee  appnipriate  that  the  same  mitiiinir  woi-kci  t,,  whose 
i.'eniiis  ;ind  perse\  ci-aii<e  w  c  owe  the  \tlaMtic  (alile  sh'inld  lie  the  main 
instrument  in  ciinipletiiiLr  the  teli'Liiaphic  circuit  "f  the  earth,  .is  ln'  has 
lieeii  ill  makinii'  i'.  1  here  leinains  <iiil\  one  link  more  to  he  t'orifcd  in 
this  wiinderfiil  chain,  and  this  w  oik    iietr.iii    als..  \  estcrdav       th.it  d.is   of' 

happS    eoilieidellces.        With     tile     la  S  i  lit.'  "l'    t  he     I 'acilic  e,l  hie.  c  .miecl  illjf 

the  <  idil'oiiiia  c'last  with  the  Sandwich  l-l.nids,  and  the  Islands  with  the 
irreat  Mastern  < 'oiitiiieiit.  the  Ld"liewill  have  its  ifirdle  uf  elect  ric  tire 
complete.  Seeing  to  w  hat  this  eunception  lias  ;rrown  in  le-s  than  .a  ^ci;- 
eratioii.  we  may  well  hesitate  c\cii  to  conjecture  what   its  prKirress  may 


1   I 


Ho 


lie  ill  another  f^iMUMation.  Its  inHiU'iioe  upon  the  arts  of  war  and  peace, 
tlie  methods  of  trade  and  the  manners  of  nations,  upon  hinnua<re  and  law 
and  reli<ii()n,  n|H)n  all  the  processes  of  dilVnsing  civilization,  is  beyond 
human  foresi^lit,  and  mav  well  serve  as  a  theme  for  reverent  thought. 

From  (lie  World. 

The  Atlantic  calile  has.  in  twelve  years,  become  so  much  a  pai't  of 
the  f^eiieral  frame  of  thini_rs,  that   most  people  have  long  ago  ceased  to 
woniler  at  it,  or  to  regard   it   as  any  less  eomnion|ila(H'  an  appliance  of 
the  World's  business  than   an  omiiib\is.      As   Mr.  Carlyle  once  devoted 
a  clia[)ter  to  showing,  the  eeasiuL;  [d  wonder,  however,  is  by  no  means 
the  beginning  ot"  wisdom.     'I'lie  Atlantic  cable  none  the  less  remains  an 
amazing  achievement,  because  ordinary  minds  are   unable  to  maintain 
a  c()iiditi<ui  of  ama/enicnt   and  stupetiiclion  over  it.     It  is.  |)erhaps,  the 
most  remarkable   achievement  ot'  our  generation  ;  certainly  it  is  tho 
achievement  which  has  had  the  greatest  ellect  on  the  practical  conduct 
of  human  atlairs.     The  revolution  it  has  wrought  in  journalism  will  be 
apparent    to  any    reader  who   will    I'cllcct,  as   he   turns  over  to-day's 
Worlil,  how   much  le^s  cuniplct  ■  his  view  of  his  own   atlairs  as  alfected 
by  the    allairs  ot'  bis    fellow -creatures   would    have    been    had  the  cable 
been  interiai|tti'd  yi'sterday  morning.     It  has  changed  the  whole  aspect 
of  international  politics,  on  the  one  side,  and  ot'  occupations  so  prosaic 
as  operating  in   stocks    and    iiuying   breadstulls.  on   the  other.      The 
twenty  liftli  annivcrsar\  ot"  the  planniuir  ol'  a  project  which  has  already 
borne  such  tremendous  fruit -^  is  an  event  really  wiu'tli  celebrating.  n(;t 
only  in  the  maimer  in  which  Mr.  FicM  and  his  friends  celebrated  it  last 
night,  but  in  a  more   |)ul)lic   theater   and    on  a  nuudi   larger   scale.     Of 
Mr.  Field's   own    share    in    bringing   aiiout    this   result  it  would  not  be 
easy  to  sav  ton  much.      From  the  beginning  ot"  electric  communication 
liv  telcirrapli  wires,  the  caltle.it    may   lie   said,  was  a  tiin  gone   conclu- 
siuii;   but  it  w.as  nut  a  I'uregone  conclusion  that  the  cable  should  be  laid 
in  our  tiiiK'.      It  was   in   this  connection  that    the   personal  eijuatioii  be- 
c.iiue  important.      Mr.  .l''ield.  with    persistent    and   indomitable  inipor- 
tunitv,   dratrooiied    tiu'eiini    capitalists,   eiigiiu'i'rs,    nianut'acturers,    aiu' 
<rovernments  into  the  service  of  his   project,  and    it   is  altogether  prob- 
able  that  to  his  pers(in;il  cxei'tioiis.  more  than  to  ,any  nther  single  thing, 
it  is  due  that  t-leirfaplii"'  communication  bctwciMi    Fiiropi'  and  America 
h.as  been  pei'lccli'd   in   mir  generation,  instead  of  being  let't  t'or  our  chil- 
dren  to  establish.      It    shoubl    be   I'liough   l"or   one  man's  ambition  that 
this  can  bi-  said  of  him  with  truth. 


^ 


r)() 


% 


From  tlio  Evoiiliur  Tost. 

Tt  was  a  iK.tiibK"  iiiiiiiviM-sary  wliifli   Mr.  <'yrii^  VV.  Fiold  orkhratcil 
last  iiiiiht  with  the  assistaiu-o  ofa  inultitu<le  of  liis  ti-llow-citizt'iis,  many 
oftlu'iii  I'luim-iit  ill  various   dopartmonts  of  iiiililic    life     Tlic  ol)vioiis 
siMitimoiit  of  tiu-  otrasion,  and  tlio  wonis  with  which  everybody  would 
descril.e  it,  are  contained  in  tlie  tele^jraphie  message  sent   from  West- 
minster  Al.l.ey    by   Dean  Stanley,  .vho  calls  it  the  "  silver  wedding  of 
Knglan.l  and  America,"'  aii.l  says:  '^  What  (Jo<l  hath  joined  together  let 
no  man  put  asunder."     The  event  which  was  commemorated  is  scarcely 
more    remarkable    than    the   rapid   advance   of  all    nineteenth    century 
events  which  the  recollectiun  of  this  one  .suggests.      It   is   only   twenty- 
five  years  since  a  determined  ellort  was  made  to  realize  what  had  been 
wildly  dreamed    of;    it  is  considerably  less  than  twenty-five  years  since 
the  dream  liec:ime  a  reality;   yet   already  instaiit.-incoiis  communication 
between  the  ( )ld  World  and  the  New  has  been  consigned  to  the  common- 
place   book    of  history.      It    has   become    one   of  those   tamiliar  things 
which  we  lorgct  all  about  liecause  they  arc  tamiliar,  but  which   are  also 
indispi'iisable,  as  we  would  be  sharply  rcinindcl  if  we  should  lose  tlu'in 
Ibraday.  or  an   hour;    things   which    ar"  of  the   highest  value,  but   of 
which  it  is  hard  to  speak  without  talking  platitudes.      Willi   this  great 
i'vciit  the  names  of  Mr.  Fiebl  ami  other  men  of  business,  whose  intelli- 
iicnce.  liberality  and  energy  made  the  work  of  .M<u-se  ;;nd  other  men  of 
science  a  practical  triumph,  will  be  always  and  lion<u-ably  associated. 

[Krcmi  tlie  Kvriiiiij!  I'o.-t.] 

A    MODHR.N    lli:i{(). 

[Iiixriix'il  to  CvriH  \V.  l'iil(l.| 
He  slew  no  dniL^im  with  liis  well  aimed  spcir. 
No  l)l()od  stiiiiK  <l  Clown  imr  laurel  did  lie  gain 
Oil  batt'.etields  heaped  with  unhiiried  >laiii  ; 
rile  foes  he  vaiKiiii-lied  were  tlic  doulit,  the  fear, 
The  dread  of  timid  souls  to  do  or  daiv ; 

liis  only  weaj)ou,  hurled  with  matchlos  >kill, 
Was  an  uiilieut.  uncoiujueralile  will, 
Stroiij.'- a^  tlic  cncliaiitcd  j-word    Km  allbar. 
To  t!n>-  the  slorniy  and  m\>teiioiis  main 

I'nliancil  its  de'plli.;,  and  o\(r  whiteuinji-  bones, 
Treasure-  untold,  wrecked  tleets  and  galleniis, 
Deep  ill  its  i.rcast  was  laid  that  wondrous  eliaiii, 
That  nerve  ln'.ween  two  worlds  who-e  curieiits"  tlow 
Vilirate-  to  tlioUL'ht  and  thrills  to  joy  or  woe. 

Anm:  C.  !..  BoTTA. 

Ni.w  VoKK.  Maich    lU.  IsIlJ. 


JP^BP?" 


57 


From  tlio  Ihiily  <>ra)»lii('. 
"A   MANY    YEARS    AGO. 


Tiicrc  was  :i  iiotaltlo  ^atlu'riiig  at  Mr.  Cyrus  \V.  Field's  rosidenco, 
tv,  lust  «'V('iiiiiu,  to  cclchratc  u  vory  notable   event.      Tvventy- 


tl 


in  this  CI 


live  years  ajzo  -tliat  is,  on  the  lOtli  of  Mareli,  1H.")4— in  tlie  very  room 
in  wiiicli  the  iiost  hist  iiif,'ht  weh-onied  his  >riiests,  on  the  very  tahle  at 
wliieh  he  stood,  and  at  the  very  iioiir  at  which  lie  be^an  to  speak,  the 
aiir(>eiiient  to  orifanize  thi'  lirst  eoinpany   ever  foniied  to  lay   an   ocean 


cable  was  siifiied 


Ml 


siieccli  was  an 


interestinj'  one.       lie  referred  in  appro- 


priate   terms   to   the   memory  of  the   threat    men    of  scienei-,   Faraihiy 


W 

tl 


leatstoiic,  liaeht 


M 


orsc 


lleiirv,  Maiirv,  and  Fierrvman,  who  aided 


le  enterprise  in  its  inception,  wi 


thoiit    whom,  indeed,  cal>les  couhl  not 


have,  hccn  cons 
follow  them, 
tliem. 


tnictcd  and  laid.     Thev  are   now  dead.  I)iit    their  works 


tl 


II  this  ( 


asi-  it  IS  th 


e    ('(MX 


1    that  men   do  that   livi's  after 


he  wori< 


I  has  heeii  chaiiiied   l>y  tlu'  completion  of  the  ocean  ea 


il.K 


It  has  tended  toward   the   miiiication   of  the  world.      We  are,  thanks  to 

lids  of  Paris.  London,  Herlin.  and  St. 


the  ele( 


•trie  link,  within  a  few  sec() 


retersliiiru'.  Instead  of  couiitinir  ten  days  for  the  mail,  we  have  the 
news,  eummeivial,  political,  pe-smial  and  dramatic,  in  onr  newspa|)ers 
every  moriiin<r.  Ami  what  occurs  in  the  morning'  in  Kur..|)e  is  puh- 
lished  in  the  at\eiiioon 


itress. 


liroadcast  tlironjiliout  America  hy  the  at\ernoon 

ihilated    l»y    the   tele- 
nditioiis— the  tele- 


Siiace  and   time   seem    to    h'lve    heen   anni 


traphie  wire,  and  its  irreat    adaptation   to  marine   co 


ifraiiliic  caiiie 


Heretofore  all  the  i>raise  of  men   has  been   awarded  to  the  soldier, 


'II 


le  nast  ai^es  were  a<j;es 


)f  ( Ilict.      He  that   <M 


ve   the  stoiiti'st  Idow: 


was  the  I.est  man.      The  new  times   are  at;es  of  peace— eomparatively 
at  least.      The  inventor,  he  who  makes  our  mortal    lalmrs    lij,rhter,  who 


inereasi's  the  sum  of  human    ha|)piness,  w 


ho   liriiiiis   nations   closer    to- 


jiether,   who    makes   intcrcominunieatioii    hetwceii    man   and    man   and 
nation  ami  nation  easier — has  heconu'  in  a  sense  a  real  hero.     The  vie- 

itter,  of  man  over  his  physical  environment,  are 


toi'ies  of  mind  over  ma 


n<iw 


thonirht  to  he  of  liit;her    moi 


iieiit    than  the   victories  ot   man  over 


1 


inan.  Tlu'  (rlcbrati..!,  last  i'Vfiiinii  was  notal.lc  as  Lcin-;  in  the  new 
ilim-tioM.  It  ,M,M„nrm..ratc.l  the  initial  point  in  an  cntorprisi'  ..f  tho 
first  iinimrtanco.  Tho  pernnnnd  of  tin-  -athorin-  ^s•as  worthy  <.f  tho 
ovi-nt,  and  all  who  assisted  at  Mr.  Field's  ..ntrrtainnu-nt  will  l.o  siav  to 
retain  jdeasant  reminiscences  of  it  thron},di  life. 


Fnmi  llio  Kviiilnjr  Express. 

A  very  larj^e  and  l.rilliant  company  of  fr.Mitlenicn  crow.h'd   the   par- 
lors of  Cvrns  W.  and  David  Dn.lley   Field  last    ni^dit   to  eelel.n.te   the 
twentv-nith   anniversary    of  tlu-    formation    of  the   company    to    whose 
H.terprise  and  perseverance  and   ener^'y  th-  world   is   ind.d.ted    for   the 
,„.ran  tele-raph.     The   story   <.f  the  incepth.n  of  that  umlertakinjr,  a.ul 
the   prosecntion   <d'  the   work   in  spite  of  the  seeminfrly  insnrmonntalde 
dilVicnlties  and    overwhelming   .iiseoura,-:ements   to   a   sneeess   vnIikIi   is 
justl\   rejrardrd  as  one  of  the  triumphs  of  the  nindrenth  century,  is  too 
weirUiu^wn    to    ne.'d    rrh.Mrsal.      No  elo.|u..nce  is  HMpfuvd  to  srt  forth 
the  splendid  aehiev..m.'nt  wrouirht  l.y  the  tar-secinji  sa-aeity  and  indom- 
italdr  pluck  of  those  live  men  \s  ho  t  weiitydive  years  a-ro  put  their  hea.ls 
to.rrtlHr  in  that  historic  dinin;i-room  and  rcsolv.'d  that    an   ocean   cahh' 
should    l.e    laid.     The   work   sp..aks   for   its,.|f.     It    is   its  own   eido^ry. 
How  mu.'h  the  inc.'ptioii  of  the  ciit.rpris..  and  its  ultimate  success  xseiv 
dutMo  tlu>  irrepn'ssiidea.'tivity  and    .x.'cutive    force   of  Mr.  Fi.'ld.  and 
l„pw  much  to  his  aide  supporters,  w  may  not  he  ahle  to  .letermine;    it^ 
is  of  verv  little  conse(iuence  now.       F.ast   night  c.delu-ated  the  su.ress  of 
the  enterprise,  and  it  was  one  of  the  telicities  of  the  o<-<'asion  t  h.it  all  the 
original   members  of  the  eompans    hut  one  were  present.     The  venera- 
l.hri'et.^r  Cooper,   Maishill   <  ).   UoI.erts,  and     Moses    Taylor    share.l    the 
conjrratulations   of  the  distiii-uish.'d    .'ompany.    than    which    no    nn-re 
striking  f,'atherin<r  of  eminent  and   notable   men    h;;s   assembled    in    this 
eity  for  years.     Tin-  speaking  was   pertinent    to   the   occasion,    'out    liie 
occasion"  itself  was    fir   m..re   ehMjUent   than   an\  thing    that    was    said. 
Yet  the  tele-raph  is  in  its  childhood.      No  on.-  can   foretell    or   imagine 
wliat  developments  it  is  .apal.le  ot'.  and  uliat  revolutions  lie  latent  in  it.^ 
What    has    been   ellecte.l    in    twenty. five    years   justilies  e\pectati..ns    of 
greater  improvements  and  nn.re  tar  reathin-  results  than  ih.'  original. .rs 
of  the  proj.'ct  .lai-.'d  .'Ven  to  ilr.'am. 


I 


..iJJMIIBM'-— '>.. 


5i) 


From  the  Urooklyii  Vm^U'. 


A    NOTABLE   ANNIVEHSAIIV. 

'I'liiTc  was,  lust  ovfiiiii;,',  ill  tlif  lioiisc  «»t  ;i  New  York  <,'('iitlt'in!Vii,  a 
liiitlifi-iiii,'  wliicli  was  ill  cvi'ry  way  ri'iiiarkahlf.  'I'Iiitl'  witc  iircsL'Ut 
iiH'ii  ciuiiiriit  ill  almost  t'vcry  worthy  cairni<,'  aii<l  in'otcssioii  in  life. 
On  a  tahlt',  about  which  stood  four  taiiioiis  but  uiiassuiniiii,'  s,n'iitk'iiuMi, 
lav  an  iinprt'tt'iitious  (locumciit,  to  which,  ainonj;  other  si<.Miaturos,  were 
attache.]  the  names  ot'  these  tour.  The  document  was  the  original 
agreement  hy  which  the  first  Atlantic  Telegra|)li  Company  was  organ- 
i/ed.  The  names  written  on  it  were  those  of  Cyrus  \V.  Field,  Peter 
Cooper,  Marshall  O.  Iwoherts.  Moses  Taylor,  and  Chandler  White,  and 
the  occasion  which  brought  the  first  four  iiamcil  of  these,  th.'  survivors, 
and  several  hundred  other  geiitleiiieii  tog»'ther  in  Mr.  Field's  parlors 
was  the  celcl)ratioii  of  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  that  great,  event. 

We  said  that  it  was  a  gathering  altogether  notable.  U  marked  a 
point  in  human  |irogress  so  advanceij,  so  im|ii)rt:iiit  and  so  suggestive 
as  to  well  make  us  think  seriously  of  whit  the  future  m  ly  yet  have 
in  store  tor  us.  The  annihilation  of  time  and  space  by  the  electric  tele- 
graph ill  communicating  thought,  was  uiii|Uestioiiably  the  most  tre- 
mendous st  ride  t'orwaril  in  improving  the  material  condition  of  human 
beings  ever  made  by  the  humaii  mind.  It  is  a  comparatively  recent 
event.  Ill  it  ther<'  was  somethiiii;  that  ap|)ealed  to  the  imigiiiation  as 
no  other  diseovcrv  ever  did.  and  suggested  possiiiilities  such  as  no 
other  <liscovery  ever  approached.  It  was  a  sort  of  miracle  to  tind 
(jut  that  the  ethereal  medium  that  tills  all  space  and  manifests  itself 
to  our  senses  as  light,  heat,  eK'ctiicity ,  motion,  could  lie  made  the 
ineaii^  ot  iiistaiitaiieoiis  conimuuicatioii  l)etwi'eii  persons  separated  by 
thousands  of  miles.  We  accepte  I  the  new  ami  wonderful  condition, 
made  t'aiiious  the  dls.overer  and  w«'iit  on  our  way.  and  a  new  genera- 
tion came  into  the  eiijoyment  ot'  the  heritage  of  genius  with  almost  the 
same  iiiditfcreih'e  with  which  the  child  accepts  nature's  i-omiiion  git'tsof 
light  and  air.  The  man  ot"  great  practical  foresight  e  ime  along  and 
proposed  another  step  in  advance.  lie  woiiM  lay  the  electric  wire  on 
til  •  bed  of  the  ocean  and  colineet  tin-  coiitillellts  of  th.'  world.  The  idea 
si'cmed  chiiiKTical.     To  am    but  the  bold  little   i-oterie,  all    but   one  of 


(iO 

whom  wcri"  d-lcl)!-;!!!!)";  its  hiicccss  last  ni^'lit,  it  was  lilvc  tiic  (ircain  c»t'a 
lunatic.     Wlnii  tiif  lirsf  iVa^Miu'iitan  sciiti-iici'  was   (laslu'd  aloiif,'  iiiidcr 
tlic  soa,  ami  wIumi  tlic  coiiiiiniiiicatioii  was  hrolit-ii   ajraiii,  the  |)t'(>|)lc  l>t- 
iii'Vi'd  it  to  liavi'  iiofii  a  Iran.!,  ami  n't'iisc.l  to  jistni  to  an  expression  ot' 
faith.  I'vcn,  in  the  possiiiiiitv  of  an  ocean  telef;i-a|'h.      Hnt   success  was 
at  last  aciru'ved.  ami  witli  due  «r|uiilication  and  coiiferrinj,'  of  renown  we 
went   on  our  way  a^ain.  an.)  aiiutlier  generation  has  already  l)c<,Min  to 
accc])t  till'  licncfils  of  ocean  tele<fra|diy  as  if  if  were  a  free  <,'ift   of  (Jod. 
Now,  untlcr  almost  every  ocean   the  calile  is  laid.       Not  <inc  of  Puck's 
•rirdles  al'oiit  the  earth,  iiut  a  hundred  almost.       Kvt'ry  j^rand   division 
of  the  earth  and  the  important  islands  of  the  seas  are  in  instantaneous 
communication  with  each  other.     The  earth  turns  eastward  on  its  axis, 
eleven  hundred  miles  per  hour,  hut  the   mysterious   somcthinir  we  call 
the   electric  current    conveys   motion,  cunnin;,dy    made   intelligent    hy 
human  invention,  almost  infmitcly  faster.     Time  is  not  only  annihilated 
in  the  transmission  of  tliouifht,  Imt   so  to  speak,  is  made  a  minus  (pian- 
tit\.  and  as  we  rcail  dui-atioii  on  tlc'  face  of  the  eai-th'>    revolutions,  we 
leai-n  of  events  liefore  they  seem  to  have  taken  place.      Human  progress 
develope.i  amazinj.'ly  therel.y.     The  telegraph,  in  its  latest  application, 
hecame  a  lever  to  lit't   up  the  whole  race.      It  seems  as  though  no  people 
couhl  lonu  remain  dei^raded  and   dark  when  the  ulole  earth  should   he 
eovere(|  with  eleetrie  lines  (•onve\  ing  human  thought.     Only  tin-  I'acilic, 
the  irreatest  oeean  ot'all.  as  yet  remains  unattem|>te(l,  and   last   evening 
it  was  announced  that  this  would  soon  he  spamied.      In  one  ot'  his  great 
missionarv    etforts    het'ore   thr   tiist    Atlantii-  ("alile    was    laid.    Uisho|» 
Simpson  t'oiTtoJd  the  time  when  "  nations  would  he  eonvi-rted  in  a  day.  ' 
and  made  use  ot'tlie  splmdid  illustration  of  the  electric  current  passing 
in  its  circuit  hetwcen  carlioii  points  |iroducinLr   a    liu'h'    almost   inetl'alile 
in  hrilliancv  and  :.loi'y.     Missionary  elfoi't  a:>!cd  liy  ilivinc  grace  wasthe 
elei'tric  current,  and  tlu'  dark   heathen  ot"  tin- islamU  of  f  he  sea  were  the 
carhon  points.    Uishop  Simpson  looked  tin-ward  to  a  spiritual  millennium, 
which  he  har<llv  iio|.c(l  to  live  to  see.      A  material  millennium  seems  to 
have  I.een  already    reached.      Ve-.terda\   the   Hawaiian    .Minister  gave  to 
('vru>    \\  .    Field    the   eonce-,sion    i-e(piired.   and    het'or.'    many    months 
elapse  the  Sandwich  Islands  will  l>e  a  telegraphic  station  on  the  liiu'  of 
suli-njariiie  telegraph  connecting  d.ipan  with  our  Western  coast. 

Since  the  sueeesstid  completion  of  the  .\tlantic  cahle  over  r>(M)  suh- 
marine  lines  |i;i\e  hecn  laid  ot'an  agu'regati'  length  o)' ovi'r  .">(>,(>(>()  miles, 


saiMmmmmmi 


..jSSkXL'l'l 


({1 

aii'l  witli  tin-  iin|ir<iv(iiiciits  in  fclfiriMiiliv  tlir  caitiicify  ot'occiiii  wires  to 
tfuiiHinit  words  lias  litcii  vastly  iiicriMscil,  risiillin;^  in  a  <'i»rri'Sj»«>n<JiM<i; 
incn-asc  in  linsiiicss  ami  a  U'sscninj'  of  cost  of  transmission.  Ah  Dr. 
Adams  rrmarki'd  last  cvcnin};,  the  first  mcssufjo  ovor  the  (irst  ti'lcj^rapli 
on  land  was,  "  What  Hod  hath  wrought,"  and  the  first  words  ht'ticath 
tht'  ocean  \\{'Vi\  •'  I'caee  on  earth,  ;,'oo(I  will  to  men,"  and  this  womler- 
t'lil  achievement  aiding  more  than  any  other  human  agency,  the  time 
draws  near  when 

"  Oiii'  in  licart  and  one  in  lilood 
Hhall  all  the  penph'S  he, 
And  han<ls  of  liinnan  hrotherliood 
Shall  clasp  liciieatii  tlu'  sea." 


From  tlie  I'hihiilelphia  LtMlijrer,   March  12th. 

"WHAT    HATH   (K)l)    WHOKHIT  T' 

That  wa-"  the  impressive  and  reverent  iiifssnirc  sent  ity  l*rofessor 
Morse  over  the  lirst  coin|ilcted  line  ot"  electric  telegraph  wire  in  the 
world.  This  was  the  short  stretch  hetweeii  Washington  and  Baltimore. 
In  those  days  (IHH)  it  was  a  niaivcl,  and  the  |)ossihilities  of  the  tiitiiro 
were  let  loose  upon  the  inventive  imagination;  hut  hosv  few  they  were 
who  looked  firward  through  the  intervening  twenty  two  years,  to  ItStJtJ, 
the  tiiii"  wlii'ii  I'^iirope  was  suceesst'nily  linUed  to  America  under  the 
depths  ot' tw  enty-two  hnmlred  miles  ot"  the  Atlantic. 

The  [ireseiit  LTeiieratioH  of  business  me;i  and  of  reading  pi'oplc  havi- 
heeonie  so  ae.Mistomed  to  the  ocean  calile  (onci-,  like  the  transatlantic 
steamship,  a  scieutitically  demonstrated  impossihility),  that  the  time 
when  "it  was  not  '"  seems  away  olf  in  the  remote  ages.  ^  et  it  was  not 
so  remote  hut  that  four  of  the  five  of  the  far-seeing  originators  of  that 
nolde  enterpi'ise  could  meet  in  the  liviiiif  body,  as  llicV  <li<l,  at  the  resi- 
dence ot'  ('\rus  W.  Kielil,  New  York,  on  Monday  last,  to  c(Hiim»'mo- 
rate  the  twent\  lillli  anni\ ci-sary  ot'the  signing  ol'the  eompact  to  lay  a 
teU'<'rai>liic  calile  across  the  Atlantic.  There  ihevwere.  at  th"  invita- 
tioii  ot"  Mr.  l-'ield  -himselt'.  Peter  Cooper,  Nfarshill  O.  UohtM'ts,  and 
Moses  Ta\  loi',  ill  the  same  house,  the  same  room,  and  at  the  same 
tjjhle — not  with  an  uutrieil,  hazai'dons,  hold,  and  most  costly  schi-me  to 
conside-,    hut    with    the    full    fruition   of  their  grand    conception   .ihuut 


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thoiii,  ill  iniiiu'diatt"  ti'h'jiraiihic  conmniiiicatioii  with  tlii'  hiin(liv<ls  nf 
tliuiisantls  of  mill's  ufwiirs  on  tlu'  land,  an.!  with  the  si-vcnty  tliniisaml 
niilt's  uikUm- thf  st-a— .lull's  \'iTni''s  laiiiil'iil  "'rwfiitv  ThuUHaii.l  I.i-ajjiu's 
rihliT  tht' Si'a"  surpas.-snl  !  In  thi-  short  iiitt-rval  lit-twi'i'ii  l>«W)  ami 
187J>  all  till'  iMiiitiniMits  had  Iu-imi  intiTloi-ki'tl  l.y  the  oi-caii  cald. — 
AiniTica,  l-iii()|»f,  Asia,  AtVii-a.  and  the  tar  away  Ni-w  Flollaiul.  as  it 
usi'd  to  l.f  rallfd.  at  tin-  aiitipodi's.  I'rartiiMlly  tin-  W(.rld  had  lutii 
I'licii-clt'd,  Ihuii;;!!  then'  is  still  no  caldf  across  tin-  I'acilic. 

Mr.  Fifld  and  his  thri'f  surviving,'  i-olli-a^iirs  of  tli iirinal    hand 

(Mr.  Chandler  White  ludiij,'  deceasi'd)— and  the  ^'oodly  i ipaiiy  he  had 

ussenihled  to  (■(  Ichrafe  the  silver  weddiiiir  «'t"  the  ('ontiiieiits  and  the 
Soas — sittiiiii  at  that  taMe  in  that  now  historic  room  in  (Iraiiieny 
Park,  could  have  telejiraphed  to  every  capital  of  every  civilized  nation 
of  the  Old  World,  and  to  every  eonunereial  centre  and  to  every  local 
point— to  London,  I'aris,  Berlin,  Vienna,  Madrid,  Lishoii,  K.uiic,  St. 
Petershurj,',  Aiiisterdinu,  Antwerp.  I  laiiilMir-.'.  (ieiicva.  Stoekh'ilin. 
('openhaireii.  ("onstanlinopie  -and  under  the  Medilerraiieaii  and  the 
Ked  Sea  and  the  Indian  ( )(ean  and  all  the  separating:  waters  to  Hoinhay, 
Calcutta,  Sin^M|iore,  lloiiir  Koiiir,  ••eddo,  .\usf ralia,  ami  New  Zealand — 
to  meet  the  coniiiiii  ^un  in  his  circuit  journey  from   the  Orient — and  in 

advance  of  the  siiii  and  oi' local  time  across   our  own  < tiiieiit    to  San 

Fraiicisi'o.  on  the  slmres  <.f  the  Pacific  I  'I'liroiii^'h  the  Atlantic  cahlcs 
al>>  and  Ky  a  1wo-t"..ld  traverse  ..t  the  Atlantic,  first  to  |/isl.oii.  in 
Portuiral,  and  theiiee  hack,  across  the  South  Atlanti<'.  to  Pernamhiico, 
they  could  have  held  converse  with  the  inmA  Brazilian  Kiiij  eror  at  IJio 
.laiieiro.  or  with  their  coinniereial  eorresp  ••  '.-iits  ;it  Para.  i'.(|Ually. 
they  could  have  exchaliired  <.n-ectilii:s  with  the  West  lihlia  Islands;  and 
with  all  of  our  own  multitudinous  cities  and  touns,  where   the   click   ot 

the   .loseph    Henry    repeater   is   heard    da\   iind    nit.dit,  al -t    without 

eeasin>'.      What  a  ma'Miitieent  fruition   tln'  quests  ot'  Mr.  I'iehl    had   to 

survey  in   th.it    i m   on    the    twenty  lit'th    aiinivei-sary   ot    their  <larin),f 

project  : 

Besides  the  nuniei-.pus  ealdes  across  the  smaller  arms  m|'  the  sea.  and 
ill  addition  to  those  under  the  P.alti<'.  the  Mediterranean,  the  Ped  Se.i 
and  Pi'i'siaU  Oulf  there  are  live  now  in  operation  lietweeii  this  ecuntry 
an<l  Kiirojie,  and  one  hetween  Portu;;al  and  Brazil.  Prom  \N  estern 
Piii'ope  they  course  arouiid  thron^di  the    Miditciraiieaii   to    Alexandria. 


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in  l!ji\  |il,  iiiiil  f'luiii  Sue/,  iimlci  iIh'  \tvi\  Sea,  In  Ailt-ii,  ami  tluiici'  iimlcr 
till'  lihliaii  ncraii  tn  Koiiiliay,  ami  llu'iict-  a^aiii  Itv  latid  llnrs  and  other 
calilt's  llicv  cuniniimiiitc  with  the  svstfin>  iVoiii  Sini^a|M>ic  t<»  ("hiiiii, 
.lapan,  Australia,  ami  Niw  Zcalanil.  as  alu-adv  indicatnl.  Thus  we  so«' 
*■  what  (iimI  hath  wii.iiLrJit  "  in  this  i|uarifr  of  a  crnlurv,  siiu't'  \fr.  Kiidd 
an<l  his  tour  associates  met  in  Jx.M! 

Coiniiii;  hack  to  the  period  inmiediatel  sueeredin<r  their  Mieniorahlo 
ajireeinent.  we  may  take  hut  a  ;,danee  at  thv' tremendous  tliUleulties  and, 
what  seemed  i  rreinedialde,  defeats  the  [iron  oters  ottlie  Atlantic  cables 
had  to  enciiuntcr.  Alter  nei;otialinj;  the  vast  sums  of  money  r('<(uired, 
they  were  struck  li\  tailure  alter  failure,  thret  eahles  hreakiuij  in  mid- 
ocean,  and  at  every  hreak  a  million  ami  a  (piarter  .f  dollars  sunk  into 
the  sea--u(itil  at  last,  in  lsr»S,  a  ealde  was  yot  to  speak  across  the 
tweiitv  two  hundred  miles  ot' ocean  ;  hut  I'ainter  and  fainter  till  it  yave 
its  last  sii,'n  in  the  mcinoralile  "■  All  rij^ht.  1  )e  Saiity,"  and  spoke  no 
more,  to  the  di>may  ot'tlir  projectors  and  the  reifret  of  the  world. 

Then  hope  seemed  to  ha\e  lied — and  did  lly  for  seven  years  tVoni  all 
sive  a  fiithtnl  few-  and  would  have  lied  tVom  them  hut  lor  the  iiidoin- 
itahle  will  and  coura^'c  of  ("yrns  W.  Field.  Me  knew  it  could  he  done, 
and  was  determined  that  it  shcudd.  And  most  noldy  has  it  ht'cn 
aeroniplished,  as  oiir  very  Itriet  summary  of  electric  eahles  will  help  the 
reailci'  to  understand.  It  is  not  too  much  t'p  say  that  Mr  Field  was 
the  inspiration  all  the  way  throuyh  ;  ;ind  that  he  is  a  typical  representa- 
tive of  that  species  of  hiimin  activities  who  leave  their  impn'ss  in  hroad 
and  endurin;;  characters  upon  the  a^'e  and  upon  the  worhl. 


From  1h<-  Christian  I'liion. 

It  is  onl\  on<'i'  oi'  twice  in  a  lifetime  that  one  sees  so  many 
notal)le  m 'U  iratle'rel  under  t«u  •  root"  as  throni^ed  the  twin  houses  of  the 
two  hrotliers.  David  Dudley  and  Cyrus  W.  Field,  to  ctdtd)rate  the 
silver  weddiiii;  ot' the  .\tlautic  ealih'  list  .Monday  niiflit.  It  is  dillieidt 
to  l>elie»f  that  it  is  a  ipiarter  of  a  century  since  the  littli'  hody  of  men 
met  with  Mr.  Field  to  form  the  company  whieh  led  to  roalizinij  Puck's 
proplieey  ot"  putt iii',r  a  .rirdle  round  the  ^lohe  ;  ami  impo' s,hle  to  esti- 
mate the  oldiiifation  which  the  woi'ld  owes  to  the  ciuiraiie  and  persist- 
ence and  pluck  c>t"tlie  man  who  has  t'ultilleil  I'lU'k's  hoast.      If  New  York 


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()\vo«  liny  one  a  monimu'nt  it  is  the  iniiti  who,  haviiif,' cfimu'ctt'd  lu«r  with 
the  Old  World  l»y  u  tflcgriipliic  caldf,  now  at  a  time  whi'ii  most  iiirri 
WdiiJil  l>o  rfstin<(.  ('uiiiifcts  Iht  ((immcn'ial  licaif  with  her  rural  siihiirhs 
l»y  rapid  transit. 


TIh'sc  Kxfracts  iVoni  the  Press  inii.dif  be  conliniicd  lo  any  extrnt.  as 
articles  similar  in  cliaractcr  a|)|K'ar(>i|  in  almost  all  tin-  leading  journals 
of  the  connfrv.  Tlu'V  mav  In*  fitly  «-Iost'd  l»v  a  despatch  st>nt  l»v  tin* 
faldo  itself,  and  ^^lli(■ll  a}>|H'are<l  in  the  London  Times  of  March  l*2th  : 

!'k\v  Youk,  March  1 1. 
The  '2'i\h  anniversary  of  flic  t'ormatioii  of  tl  e(nii|iany  that  laid  the 
Atlantic  Calile  was  ceUdn'ated  last  niylit  hy  a  rt  e|»tion  at  the  house  of 
Mr.  Cyrus  W.  Field.  Cranieny  I'ark,  New  York.  On  March  10,  IH.VI. 
in  this  house,  was  signed  the  aj^reement  orj^ani/inji  the  New  York, 
Newl'iiundland  and  f.ondi'ii  Telej;ra|ih  ('oiii|iany.  Five  New  York 
merchants  c(im|iosed  tin  com|>an_v  —  I'cter  Cooper.  .Moses  iaylor, 
Cyrus  \V.  Fiel.l,  .Marshall  O.  iJolu-rts,  and  Chandler  White.  The 
latti'r,  soon  afterward  dviii'',  was  succeeded  liv  Wilson  («.  iliiiit. 
Thi'se  iiv'>  t'cntleiin-ii  attt-iided  the  reception,  receiviny  congratulations 
on  the  splciiditj  results  of  their  enterprise.  One  tliousjiiid  ^niests  .assem- 
l)led.  omltrai  inir  many  who  lia<l  aided  in  perfectimf  the  'aldis,  with 
others  distliiirni>lic(|  in  prot'essioiis.  .ii'ts.  and  sciences.  .Many  coiif^rat- 
nlatory  messajjes  were  ti'lc^'raphed  from  Kurope  and  Caiiacl.i.  inclinlintf 
those  t'loni  Mr.  .loliu  Welsh,  the  Ameri<an  Minis'icr,  Dean  Stanley,  and 
the  Manpiis  oi'  Iconic. 


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